Differences in Bat Performance ... Your take?

I like the Indian arrow quote.

I always say "It's not the bat, it's the man."

When I hit a ball with a 2008 Easton Stealth composite bat (CNT maybe?), it feels like I hit a concrete post.

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Originally posted by kbat2012:
Hi, Mr. Falls:
If I give a testimony of how great the TPX bats are, would you send me a new TPX EXO 33/30 for free?
We just love the TPX EXO, especialy it's
"sneakyness". Everytime you thought you hit a regular Pop-fly, and the out fielder also thought that's a Pop-fly, thus charge forward. But the ball just keep sailing up, it ends up flying over the OF's head, you got a 2B or 3B, and most of the time it's a homer. I don't know how you guys desgined the EXO, how do you hide the sound? The ball just pops out like crazy. thanks.

Thanks for the comments on the Exogrid. It is a great bat. We got a good chuckle out of your request for a free one. Certainly no offense, but if we gave one away every time we heard great feedback about the bat we'd be out of business. I'm pretty sure I can arrange for a Louisville Slugger cap, though. Send me a private message with your mailing address and I'll see what I can do.

FYI - Ion Sports named the Exogrid its 2007 Baseball Product of the year. The Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association also informed
Louisville Slugger that retail sales records show Exogrid was the number
1 selling bat in 2007/2008.

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Originally posted by RJM:
The test is flawed. It measures how hard a sixty mph fastball bounces off a stationary bat.

Here’s the white paper for BESR. Where does it say the bat is stationary? The bat velocity is extremely important in the calculation of the formula.

http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/governance/sports_and_r...l/BESRWhitePaper.pdf

Quote From “What Is The Maximum Allowed Value For The BESR?” on page 6 of the paper.

When bats were first tested in 1999, an initial lot of baseballs was used. The tests were
conducted by using a pitch speed of 70 mph and a bat speed (at a point 6 inches from the
end of the barrel) of 66 mph. Under these conditions, the best major league wood bat
yielded a BESR of 0.728, which the NCAA then set to be the maximum allowed value.

Is BESR flawed? IMHO It sure is, but not because bat velocity is zero in their tests.

I personally think the best bat that Louisville has made to date was the Original Dynasty (The Blue one and that crazy "Yellow Mustard" colored-knobbed one ). That bat has the same ST+20 material that is currently in the EXO-GRID, and the H2, only it's throughout the ENTIRE bat!... Man, that bat still has incredible pop, and durability...

I think Louisville kinda said we finally made a bat way too good, and nobody's gonna want to buy another bat, so we gotta "tech it up" a bit to compete with the EASTON Stealth... Introducing the EXO-Grid... Taaa-Daaah!! The EXO-Grid is a GREAT bat too, but I just don't see the difference in performance with the "DIE-NASTY" (as my players call it...!

All kiddin' aside, Louisville should consider another rev of a 100% ST+20 bat...

The best bats IMO to come out in years is the Demarini Voodoo and CF3's.

The feel from handle to weight is head and shoulder above anything I have swung from Easton and Louisville.

Once again IMO.

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Originally posted by RJM:
I believe North Carolina uses Nike bats. Are they making the CWS in spite of the bats? Or are the bats the reason they haven't won the CWS? Yes this is sarcasm. Hitters drive balls, not bats.

Some around UGA thought it was the bat as well:

Interesting take on NIKE bats!

I totally agree with the original dynasty and i think the closest thing to it today is the new omaha...it is 100% st+20 if i'm not mistaken