Anyone know why the only composite bats to conform to NFHS's new BESR and accelerated break in standards are DeMarinis?
http://www.nfhs.org/content.as...s=composite+AND+bats
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The new standard is BBCOR and they do not appear to meet this requirement....
Buy stock in Demarini boys....
I'm just postulating but I think it's a combination of: 1. those bats listed are still only good for one year and the other manufacturers aren't bothering going through the ABI process and moving on to getting their BBCOR ceritified bats out and 2. the DeMarini's on the list can pass the ABI test in other words not quite as hot as some of the other competitor's bats. My son thought the pld CF3's better than the CF4's. Just my hunches.
Six more BESR-ABI bats were just certified by the Baseball Testing Center and will be on the NFHS website shortly: Louisville Slugger Dynasty and Triton and Combat Sports Virus and three versions of Combat's Da Bomb.
I expect that manufacturers are trying to gauge demand for the BESR-ABI composites when it's only a one-year deal and whether it's worth the cost of ABI testing.
DeMarini was actually the one who pushed the NHFS to allow BESR composites for 2011 and got the waiver approved on July 20, just two weeks after the total ban went into effect. Now look at their website -- a big promo about having the only legal BESR composites for 2011.
The knock on BESR-ABI composites though is that the ABI testing tells us that they won't get any hotter as they are used. ABI testing measures performance before and after "bat rolling" so if they pass ABI, then that's as good as they're going to ever get (supposedly).
Here's some info I put together after digging around and talking to a lot of folks.
I expect that manufacturers are trying to gauge demand for the BESR-ABI composites when it's only a one-year deal and whether it's worth the cost of ABI testing.
DeMarini was actually the one who pushed the NHFS to allow BESR composites for 2011 and got the waiver approved on July 20, just two weeks after the total ban went into effect. Now look at their website -- a big promo about having the only legal BESR composites for 2011.
The knock on BESR-ABI composites though is that the ABI testing tells us that they won't get any hotter as they are used. ABI testing measures performance before and after "bat rolling" so if they pass ABI, then that's as good as they're going to ever get (supposedly).
Here's some info I put together after digging around and talking to a lot of folks.
Nice post and link mojo.
