80's Home Runs

80’s bats were juiced like crazy.  Those bats had crazy pop.  It’s a miracle that nobody died (that I know of) from getting hit by a line drive or a comebacker off of those bats

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During the 80's the Easton Green stripe was the "king". Our Summer team used one bat for 33 games and at the end of the year it develop "fatigue" cracks and Easton replaced the bat.

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Bob

@3and2Fastball posted:

80’s bats were juiced like crazy.  Those bats had crazy pop.  It’s a miracle that nobody died (that I know of) from getting hit by a line drive or a comebacker off of those bats

Really?!  I had no idea, we just pulled them out of a bat bag.  Everyone used the same one.

Ok.  Just found this video on a 1980 Easton B5 vs the 2021 B5.... Seems the bats prob have been deadened a bit for safety.   HSBBW doesn't disappoint again.  Bats were juiced!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3-H4dnM6ow

I wouldn't say they were juiced, they simply weren't regulated back then

I’ll go with the bats were juiced. I watched my 5’4” 120 son jack balls over a fifteen foot fence 315 feet down the line three times in 14u travel ball.

One time the previous hitter jacked a homer into the left field screen (Fenway replica left field wall). Next up was my son. The right fielder moved back. The opposing coach yelled to his right fielder, “This runt isn’t going to hit it that far. Move in.” The ball stopped rolling at the 397 mark in right center. As my son jogged between third and home he turned and smiled at the coach.

Did you take the cap off and insert "ping pong" balls?

Bob

Pre-BBCOR HS & College HR numbers are insane. Those bats had the pop of what kids use in 12u. Not only were the bats not restricted, but they weren't limited to using a -3 bat. Pete Incaviglia used a -10 or -8 when he hit 48 bombs for Oklahoma State in 1985.

The BESR standard came along in 1999, those were -3 but had no "pop" restrictions. So anything before BBCOR is a juiced number.

Can you imagine being a pitcher, 3B, or 1B playing against Arizona State when Barry Bonds had one of those bats in his hands?!

Scary

Three&2

playing 3b (short LF):when Hank, Willie and Ernie were at bat. Wood bats. Willie Mays All Stars
Bob

80’s bats weren’t close to being juiced like the 90’s BESR bats.  The original B5 was just better than what came previously and everyone fell in love with it because of the barrel size vs what was typical of the era.  The vid showing 96mph exit velo is pretty typical of toned down “wood like” bbcor of today, the best are over 100 just like maple bats can reach, so nothing special.  BESR have seen upwards of 115-120mph.   I still have my b5 from 1983.  I tried the new B5 and it’s crap compared to the top bbcor’s.  Chalk up the homeruns early to pitching and rhoids, we had 2 guys juicing on my HS team in early to mid 80’s.  They did it more for the muscles and girls than baseball performance but man did they hit the ball far.

ps. kids uSSSa bats are insane and an embarrassment to baseball.

Shout out to my High School for winning it's first baseball state sectional championship in 12 years with an 80s style walk off home run in the bottom of 10th.  If you care to see where @Gunner Mack Jr. played his HS ball watch this video (courtesy of Dan Benz - my JV basketball coach and at one time, maybe still, the all-time leading points scorer at Quinnipiac).   

I think this kid hit the school wall. I never did that.....

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