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Axe Bat Hits it Big in Tonight’s All Star Game
A Night of #ASG Firsts Tonight’s All-Star game marks two exciting firsts for the world of baseball, and particularly for the world of baseball bats. Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts will be playing in his first All-Star Game tonight, at the young age of twenty-three. And his innovative Axe […]
Pics of the “Four” Bats Bryce Harper Uses in His Pre-game Hitting Ritual
Bryce Harper recently released a video of his pre-game hitting routine. It was nothing short of fascinating for the typical fan, and even more amazing for the hard-core player in us all. But for the team here at BaseballBats.net, our favorite part was pausing each time he switched bats! We noticed […]
Baseball Bat News Roundup – May 12th
In this week’s news roundup…Major League baseball bats go pink, Joe Maddon warns young bat flippers, a hot new bat company opens in Chicago, and extended netting in MLB ballparks is actually doing some good. MLB Honors Mother’s Day by Going Pink New MLB-Approved Bat Company Opens in Suburban Chicago […]
Ohio Bat Company goes from Garage to the Big Leagues
We’ve all heard of a certain bat company from Louisville, Kentucky that has been around since the days of Babe Ruth. There’s another bat company, however, from a different Louisville (Ohio) that fewer people know about – that is beginning to make a splash among today’s major leaguers. Started in […]
Tampa Bay Rays go Virtual for Batting Practice
While nothing can fully replicate the in-game batting experience, one MLB team is getting closer than ever before. The Tampa Bay Rays are using a new simulator known as iCube to let players practice their swings inside a virtual batting cage. A major selling point of this simulator is that […]
MLB Lifts Ban on Personalized Bat Decals
Just when we thought Major League Baseball was heading down the same road as the NFL (the No Fun League), they do something like this. The league lifted the recently-imposed ban on personalized bat knob stickers, deciding that allowing self-expression could be good for our national pastime after all. Bryce “Let’s Make Baseball […]
Baseball Bat News Roundup – April 25th
In this week’s baseball bat news roundup, we’ve got everything from bat flips to virtual batting practice to Jack White. (Yes, the musician Jack White – he’s involved with baseball bats now.) Read on and enjoy these recent stories: Musician Jack White and Ian Kinsler Invest in Warstic Bat Company […]
Selling Baseball Bats on eBay: a Tutorial
Like many baseball dads out there, I’m often tempted by the lure of buying the very best bats on the market for my boys. The exorbitant cost is somehow a small price to pay when weighed against grandiose visions of baseballs rocketing over fences. Of course, a bat’s quality is […]
Non-Profit Helps Baseball Players Afford Baseball Bats
“Poor kids can’t afford $300 baseball bats,” exclaims the headline of a recent Washington Post article, which immediately concludes: “This incredible warehouse solves that.” We also believe a kid shouldn’t have to be rich to play baseball. But all too often these days, that is the sad reality. It’s not […]