#3158472 - 02/10/13 11:15 AM
Youth baseball bat?
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Bobby G
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My boy is 10 and he got a Easton bat last year that is great! I'm looking at getting another bat this year, I know there are better bats out there but not sure what to get need some help! It has to be 2 1/4 or less barrel!
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#3158508 - 02/10/13 11:45 AM
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biglefty20
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De Marini voo do's have good pop
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#3158521 - 02/10/13 11:59 AM
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anything louisville slugger makes! (course since my dad makes them, I may be a bit biased!! lol!)
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#3158543 - 02/10/13 12:18 PM
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Bobby G
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anything louisville slugger makes! (course since my dad makes them, I may be a bit biased!! lol!)
I forgot about that!
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#3158553 - 02/10/13 12:24 PM
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Nyper
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I just happened to glance at a bat a little while back in Dicks Sporting Goods. I was shocked at the price. I had no idea a kids bat could cost so much!
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#3158568 - 02/10/13 12:38 PM
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stik
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i wish they would get rid of the aluminum bats.
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#3158588 - 02/10/13 12:48 PM
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i wish they would get rid of the aluminum bats.
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#3158593 - 02/10/13 12:51 PM
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Kirk
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I have used a lot of bats playing and coaching, Louisville Slugger's are hard to beat.
Stik I agree with you. The 16 year old select team I coach, played in a wood bat tournament last year and it was comical. My brother and I grew up using wood bats. I am 51 and he is 49. We could out hit the 16 year olds with wood in practice. Embarrassed those little brats real good.
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#3158679 - 02/10/13 01:55 PM
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It has been my expirience that unless your kid has exceptional skills, caoching, and is playing serious Travel Ball, spending a couple of hundred on a bat is a waste of money. Every kid on the team will use it, he's going to grow out of it in a year anyway, if it doesn't get stolen.
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#3158681 - 02/10/13 01:56 PM
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I just happened to glance at a bat a little while back in Dicks Sporting Goods. I was shocked at the price. I had no idea a kids bat could cost so much!
No kidding! I had to go to play it again sports to get one for my boy and still paid close to $100 for it............15 years ago.
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#3158714 - 02/10/13 02:27 PM
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stik
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i wish they would get rid of the aluminum bats.
I have used a lot of bats playing and coaching, Louisville Slugger's are hard to beat.
Stik I agree with you. The 16 year old select team I coach, played in a wood bat tournament last year and it was comical. My brother and I grew up using wood bats. I am 51 and he is 49. We could out hit the 16 year olds with wood in practice. Embarrassed those little brats real good.
i wish they would get rid of the aluminum bats. Adree!! nothin like a nice wood bat!! and the crack they make when they hit!!
it has little to do with the crack of the bat. somebody is going to get killed. no way would i allow my kid to pitch if aluminum bats are used and seriously doubt i would want them playing any infield position.
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#3158731 - 02/10/13 02:44 PM
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rem270
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i wish they would get rid of the aluminum bats.
When i was in high school we always entered a wood bat tourney. I love playing with wooden bats.
The new aluminum bats they make now have a smaller sweet spot.
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#3158756 - 02/10/13 03:03 PM
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I just happened to glance at a bat a little while back in Dicks Sporting Goods. I was shocked at the price. I had no idea a kids bat could cost so much!
Sports equipment in general is expensive. Every time I turn around one of my kids "needs" something else.
Bought my son a new bat last year and was the first time I spent money on a bat. Definitely a difference in the cheapos and you have to be careful with everybody wanting to use it. Not to be selfish but I've seen some kids who are clueless beating the concrete in the dugout with it or banging it into the other bats.
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#3158778 - 02/10/13 03:26 PM
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The new bbcore has toned them down but still have pop if you hit it right...ive been hit by many back at me growing up and even in college...whatever is used it will be part of baseball... I am glad they have toned them down though...makes the game more interesting, bunt and hit and run...
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#3158839 - 02/10/13 04:10 PM
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The new bbcore has toned them down but still have pop if you hit it right...ive been hit by many back at me growing up and even in college...whatever is used it will be part of baseball... I am glad they have toned them down though...makes the game more interesting, bunt and hit and run...
True. Small ball is back!
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#3158908 - 02/10/13 04:52 PM
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Take a look at the 2013 COMBATs
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#3158915 - 02/10/13 04:59 PM
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stik
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The new bbcore has toned them down but still have pop if you hit it right...ive been hit by many back at me growing up and even in college...whatever is used it will be part of baseball... I am glad they have toned them down though...makes the game more interesting, bunt and hit and run... True. Small ball is back!
that's another of my peeves with aluminum bats. an inside pitch that saws off a wooden bat is a double in the corner with an aluminum. it takes the strategy out of the game.
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#3158943 - 02/10/13 05:25 PM
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Heading to Atlanta next week to get my son a new bat. He plays 80-100 games s year and cries on days like today when they have to hit indoors. He wears a baseball bat out in short order. He will hit some bombs this year on those 200 foot fields. But as a pitcher it scares me to death every time he's on the mound.
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#3158951 - 02/10/13 05:32 PM
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Brisco Darlin
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anything louisville slugger makes! (course since my dad makes them, I may be a bit biased!! lol!) I forgot about that!
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#3158955 - 02/10/13 05:35 PM
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deerhunter10
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Easton imo makes the best bat on the market. but its all about what the player thinks. the demareni is a good bat just never liked it. if he likes his Easton then id get him another.
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#3158967 - 02/10/13 05:40 PM
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For my money I'd get a Easton or Louisville Slugger.
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#3158968 - 02/10/13 05:42 PM
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eightpointer
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http://www.justbats.com/
I ordered a few online when my Son played.
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#3158970 - 02/10/13 05:43 PM
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De Marini voo do's have good pop
x2. My boy has a Voodoo, awesome bat.
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#3158979 - 02/10/13 05:49 PM
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Hey Bobby check your PM
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#3159431 - 02/11/13 07:46 AM
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jb3
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Bombat, Demarini, Easton.
I'd recommend craigslist. Most bats won't lose pop. If you ever go composite, it takes a slew of pitches at 55 mph just to break it in. Most important thing is not to get one too heavy or your child will develop bad habits in his swing.
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#3159457 - 02/11/13 08:09 AM
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http://www.closeoutbats.com
I made my son learn to live with new last years models.
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#3159516 - 02/11/13 08:56 AM
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