Does anyone know if the Coastal Plain League requires the use of Rawlings bats?
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The league or any team could tell you if there's a bat deal in place. I know the Valley League has an exclusive deal with D-Bat that starts this year-teams can only buy D-Bats, and can use up whatever inventory they have remaining of anything else, but if players bring their own, they can hit anything they want. I really like the composite wooden bats we're getting and D-Bat has been great; my only reservation is the official name of the bats: "Reinforced Trojan". ...you can only imagine the one liners at the league meeting, some coming from me. Fortunately the bats will have the D-Bat logo and our team names on them...
Yeah that Reinforced Trojan logo could be kinda tricky. Wonder what gotwoodforsale could come up with here?
When I was in the CPL, this was true. Each team was given Rawlings bats and players used them throughout the entire summer.
JH, If the CPL teams were "given" Rawlings bats, we'll have to rattle our D-Bat friends-we get to buy a package of bats at a great discount, the league gets some $$$, D-Bat sponsors the Player of the Week, players can buy D-Bat stuff at 30% off...but we BUY the bats. 