Names for bats

My son had one named Godzilla, Of course it was an Anderson Techzilla with a picture of Godzilla on it. That was a great bat

My son used a Techzilla during both his 11 and 12 year old season. It was a fabulous bat with a ton of pop and he loved it. He hit too many homeruns to count with with that sucker. He just called it Zilla. It is the only old bat he has saved evn though he is too big to use it now!

I sure wished Anderson would fiqure out how to make that one in the -3 drop

"Liberty Bell"

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Originally posted by lodi14:
I sure wished Anderson would fiqure out how to make that one in the -3 drop

Anderson has had -3 bats. What I heard was they didn't hold up. They dented too easily. They have a contract with some college with the 09 model. I'm guessing the program did some due diligence on the resiliency of the bat.

09 Pyrotech

RJM, we have a couple of Pyrotech. They are just not the same as the Techzilla.

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Originally posted by lodi14:
RJM, we have a couple of Pyrotech. They are just not the same as the Techzilla.

-3's are not double wall bats. They would not meet BESR ratings if they were. As posted the first Anderson -3's were not durable bats. The impact on the bat from pitching velocity and bat speed at the high school and college level is much different than kiddie ball. There's a newly designed Pyrotech this year. I'm not endorsing it. I don't know enough about it. I'm stating it's available.

The way to drive a ball in high school and college is to get strong and increase bat speed rather than rely on the bat for spring.

The Techzilla brings back memories. My son was pitching in the LL regional championship. Had never given up a HR. He gave up 4 solo shots on swings that were sloooow. Practically bunts.

Dangerous bat.

Also saw a kid use one at big league dreams as a 13 year old. Hit it at least 350 feet. Using a little league bat. I have no idea how those bats were legal.

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I have no idea how those bats were legal.

I talked with Steve Anderson once. I got to know him from another board. I think he explained this on a board too. The BPF and BESR tests are very flawed. Anderson did everything possible to meet the regulations but also provide a lot of pop in the bat.

To keep on topic, my son is called the beast(among other things) and his bat is called the beast. When he takes it out, his teammates say,"unleash the beast." He swings a 34/31, $130 Synergy. '07 I think.

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Originally posted by dblinkh1:
Do any other players name their bats?

There are a couple of names. Depends on if he got any hits that game!

son's bat is a light blue Demarini Vexxum. My name for his bat is "Mike's bat" as it came up a lot more times then he did for his middle school team last year. Would lean over to my dad at a game and say look "Mike's bat" is up again...lmao.