@ARCEKU21 posted:This must be really limited run bat. I only see it on LS's website. There are a couple on ebay also (34"). I don't see a 32" or 33" floating around anywhere.
Is this bat the updated LS Select 719?
It is the updated Select series. I'm going to email LS to see if they are releasing more. It would be nice to see at least one review on it (besides the Bat Brothers fellas)
JustBats says it is exclusive to LS and wasn't offered to retailers.
Just picked up a 33 The Goods for tbpt jr. Told him he’d have to show me he can swing it as good or better than the 32 blue Meta. The Goods bat speed is definitely a tick slower than the Meta. Exit velo using a Stalker Pro 2 is exactly the same. Tough to make a scientific comparison because of the different lengths, but when he bulks up a little more I imagine the 33 TG will outperform the Meta. For now though he’s going to use the Meta
@TerribleBPthrower posted:Just picked up a 33 The Goods for tbpt jr. Told him he’d have to show me he can swing it as good or better than the 32 blue Meta. The Goods bat speed is definitely a tick slower than the Meta. Exit velo using a Stalker Pro 2 is exactly the same. Tough to make a scientific comparison because of the different lengths, but when he bulks up a little more I imagine the 33 TG will outperform the Meta. For now though he’s going to use the Meta
I noticed the same thing on our end with The Goods and Meta. He has the black The Goods and the red Meta. He wanted so bad to use The Goods. It was fine with average pitching but you could tell he was a tick slower than he was with the Meta. By chance, I ran into a new Voodoo One. That is now thee bat. Light swing weight and still packs a punch on the ball. It’s the first time he has used a one piece bat but it fits him better than both The Goods and Meta.
@ARCEKU21 posted:I noticed the same thing on our end with The Goods and Meta. He has the black The Goods and the red Meta. He wanted so bad to use The Goods. It was fine with average pitching but you could tell he was a tick slower than he was with the Meta. By chance, I ran into a new Voodoo One. That is now thee bat. Light swing weight and still packs a punch on the ball. It’s the first time he has used a one piece bat but it fits him better than both The Goods and Meta.
I wish I had seen this post 4 days ago, lol. Someone told me last night about the Voodoo as well. He said it’s super loud but his kid loves it
Justbats says it’s the same model as the 2020, just different paint
@TerribleBPthrower posted:I wish I had seen this post 4 days ago, lol. Someone told me last night about the Voodoo as well. He said it’s super loud but his kid loves it
Justbats says it’s the same model as the 2020, just different paint
Baseball Bat Bros said the same thing, same bat just new paint (which is not all that different from last years paint job).
My son got a new bat for Christmas-Stinger Nuke. Due to an injury, he has not been able to swing it until today. He loves it!!! Probably , more due to Mental Confidence , than anything else. But that doesn't matter. Confidence at the plate, is half the game. It's slightly more end-loaded than his's old Easton bat ( same weight and length -33/30). Therefore it may send the balls a little deeper, than his "balanced" bat. We'll see. I haven/t checked his exit Velo , off the T yet, as he is still recovering from a hip avulsion fracture. I'll up-date the metrics when he's at 100%. So far, though, he loves his Stinger!
P.S. : Sound is a bit different-more like a wood bat sound .
Ended up getting the Victus Nox for my son. He had the opportunity to Swing the VooDoo one, Goods, Meta Power 2021, Meta 2021, Cat 9 Connect and a couple others that were not close. His Fav 2 were the VooDoo and the Nox. Can not find the VooDoo anywhere and he said the next closest in weight was the Nox and he was able to get very little more Pop with the Nox without loosing swing speed. He said, the Power, Goods, and Cat9 connect all felt quite a bit heavier. And just didn't hit well with the Meta 2021. I personally feel there is not that much different between most of these (other then swing weight). But the comfort level with the the bat he chose was the best. And since 90% mental, I think it was a good buy.
@TxballDad posted:Ended up getting the Victus Nox for my son. He had the opportunity to Swing the VooDoo one, Goods, Meta Power 2021, Meta 2021, Cat 9 Connect and a couple others that were not close. His Fav 2 were the VooDoo and the Nox. Can not find the VooDoo anywhere and he said the next closest in weight was the Nox and he was able to get very little more Pop with the Nox without loosing swing speed. He said, the Power, Goods, and Cat9 connect all felt quite a bit heavier. And just didn't hit well with the Meta 2021. I personally feel there is not that much different between most of these (other then swing weight). But the comfort level with the the bat he chose was the best. And since 90% mental, I think it was a good buy.
Academy actually had the Voodoo One on their site this morning in a 33". I was able to snag one for my son's teammate who has been looking for one.
I’m going to try and snag a Voodoo One and see if he likes it any better. I’ll sell whichever one loses out.
Academy is sold out now
For anyone looking for a VoodooOne, they will be back in stock this Friday.
bought son the easton B5 (clone of the old green easton most of us 50 ish dads used...havent tested yet but barrel is huge and reviews are great on the sweet spot...anyone have any reviews (from their sons or teammates) on this one?
I've heard the B5 is super heavy from dads, but the kids love it. Guess we'll see next week when the games start.
id agree with that (being heavy) but as big as the barrel is it feels balanced to me...usually uses end loaded bats
@edcoach posted:id agree with that (being heavy) but as big as the barrel is it feels balanced to me...usually uses end loaded bats
So my son has a friend that has a b5 and son took some swings with it the other day. He told me he thought the ball didn’t carry as much as some other single piece alloys. Also said it wasn’t great on mis-hits...one 18 yr old’s opinion.
@ARCEKU21 posted:Academy actually had the Voodoo One on their site this morning in a 33". I was able to snag one for my son's teammate who has been looking for one.
Been 10 days and Academy still hasn't shipped the Voodoo One. I talked to them yesterday and they told me it was shipping today. We shall see.
@TxballDad posted:Ended up getting the Victus Nox for my son. He had the opportunity to Swing the VooDoo one, Goods, Meta Power 2021, Meta 2021, Cat 9 Connect and a couple others that were not close. His Fav 2 were the VooDoo and the Nox. Can not find the VooDoo anywhere and he said the next closest in weight was the Nox and he was able to get very little more Pop with the Nox without loosing swing speed. He said, the Power, Goods, and Cat9 connect all felt quite a bit heavier. And just didn't hit well with the Meta 2021. I personally feel there is not that much different between most of these (other then swing weight). But the comfort level with the the bat he chose was the best. And since 90% mental, I think it was a good buy.
How is your son liking the Nox? My son went back to his red Meta Prime. For some reason it is in his head that he just hits better with a multi piece bat as opposed to a one piece bat. But I have a feeling that the Meta Prime is on it's last leg since he has had it since 8th grade (he is a sophomore now). So contemplating grabbing a Nox the next size up so that he can use it the next year or two.
@TerribleBPthrower posted:I've heard the B5 is super heavy from dads, but the kids love it. Guess we'll see next week when the games start.
B5 is a tank! Our organization got a bunch of them when they first came out. The first weekend we got them a couple of the kids took BP with them and took them to the tournament we played in. By Sunday they were no where to be found. The feedback we got was that it was just too heavy and not very forgiving on mishits. But if you were able to barrel one up, it was a rocket. I don't think I saw them the rest of the summer.
@ARCEKU21 posted:How is your son liking the Nox? My son went back to his red Meta Prime. For some reason it is in his head that he just hits better with a multi piece bat as opposed to a one piece bat. But I have a feeling that the Meta Prime is on it's last leg since he has had it since 8th grade (he is a sophomore now). So contemplating grabbing a Nox the next size up so that he can use it the next year or two.
Son has been loving it. He practices with all the HS level guys from his Org (2024-2021) during optional practices on Sat and Sunday. Just about every bat you can think of is at those practices. Everyone is really good about letting people try out their bats before they get a new one. Since my son brought in the Nox, two more have been purchased and a couple people have it on backorder. What I have seen is the stronger guys (power hitters) have been going with the Goods and CAT 9 connect, meta power. Those that find balance bats are two light or are moving to a more end loaded bat like the Nox, select power. And the smaller guys that need or just like a balanced have been going with VooDoo Ones (when they can find one), Prime, Meta, and others.
Son likes the feel, no major hand ring on mishits (did have one ring him up off the connector piece, but no others. He shouldn't have swung on a left handed slider in on the hands, LOL). He is moving up from a USSSA -5 CF. And he has been surprised that the power has not dropped as much as he thought it was going to. It still dropped because the CF is crazy hot. But he was pleasantly surprised. I think the slight end load helps with that.
If you have any specific questions just let me know.
After watching the baseballbatbros, we went out and got an adidas aeroburner comp. son said it was hot but too light (he likes endloaded bats). Sold it to his buddy who had the meta before it got banned. that kid likes light swinging bats so he loves the comp.
then went and picked up the aeroburner hybrid and one piece (this was before the price run up so got them for about 200, combined). the hybrid was too heavy for him (I swung it...it's a tank). he liked the one piece in 34" (was swinging 33 and swings a 33.5 318 turn wood). He said it was light but the extra length helped so it wasn't too light.
this was a few months ago. he's been lifting through quarantine and has gotten pretty strong (405 dl at 6'2"/195 at 15 years old, up from 345 at 6'2"/180 in October). he picked up the hybrid again last weekend to try it out and his eyes lit up after his first swing. he's strong enough to handle it now and he loves it. we'll see what he does against real pitching (front toss just isn't the same and he swings wood for his travel team) but, if he can handle it, that might be his gamer this HS season.