Wood bat questions

Look into a good Maple bat and don't worry about Composite handles.

Maple Bats are deffintly the way to go a friend of mine has a Sam Bat and it is extreamly nice but WAY to expensive another teamate has an "A Bat" made by suppirior bat company and i hit with it today and hit one out of our High School Field with it so id have to say it has some pop in it and has a great feel

People are beginning to say, bamboo is the new maple.

Bamboo, is a bit stronger than maple, but every bamboo bat is laminated. meaning each bat is made up of a bunch of different pieces of bamboo glued together, then turned on a lathe. They are not approved for pro use as they are not one solid piece of wood.

But they are stronger tham maple and ash. And also a bit heavier.

I actually like the feel of wood bats. I feel a lot of times that a good solid hit directly on the sweet spot of the bat, has more punch to it that on a metal bat. I also like the feel, it just feels cool to use a wood bat.

I have been using maple the past 2 summers and love it. I feel that the maple has good pop and last longer, so the extra $ are worth it.

Haha. This is kind of weird, but a kid on my team, his dad is also the coach, his dad bought him a new tpx wood bat, really nice, and he killed it. Not broke it, but he put so much tape on it, it could be a tape bat. He has tape all over the barrell, so it won't break, I understand, but it doesn't need as much as he has, he has tape about 1/8 of an inch thick on all around the handle, and the knob of the bat, and then he only uses it to hit soft baseballs and whiffle balls. What's the point of having a wood bat if your not gonna use it to hit baseballs?

Maple bats are the way to go. You can get a maple bat for about $45. At this point, You really don't need a $120 "PRO MAPLE" Bat. It is labeled a "PRO" bat, but the quality is so much worse. As far as the best bat, I really like the Blast Bat, which you can get for $54.99. IF you want to go a little higher, Old Hickory bats are awesome, and you can get them for about $80 with your name on it.

I have a Rawlings that I like. I didn't put any tape on it whatsoever and I don't intend to do so either. I don't let anybody else hit with it. Also, I've only used it in the cage maybe 3 times for no more than 10 pitches each time.

I'm gonna take it with me to a hitting camp I'm going to in a couple weeks and will probably use it there a little bit more. I'm taking the wooden bat and an older metal bat that I will borrow from my school team.

I currently play high school baseball in ND. We are switching to wood bats next season. For any of you that use wood bats, how will the game change overall because of the switch?

When the pitcher saws you off with a fastball on the fists, count on being out, not getting a blooper hit.

Look for more K's, because wood bats are heavier and thus, slower for younger hitters who aren't as strong as pros.

Look for fewer bombs, not so much because of the metal vs. wood but because of the smaller sweet spot making true dingers less frequent.

All in all, spiff up your infield defense, and play your outfielders closer. Look for lower scores and enjoy the REAL game.

I broke mine yesterday, it was a rawlings one, cheapy, but good quality, in the batting cage, I hit a outside pitch, off the end of the bat, and it split right down the handle, not broken, but split, so I will tape it, and when it break, or if it doesn't work, I'm gonna go buy a DBAT bat next time I get over there.

My school's conference switched to wooden bats a couple year's ago. It's a really tuff change. The scores went from being 8-5,9-6 to 2-1,1-0. There were a ton of 1 or 2 hitters thrown and a lot more strike outs. It was basically a pitcher's league that year. The idea didn't work too well and the conference switched back to metal bats the next year.

I would like to try using wood bats in a game, but the UIL in TX, is too big to make those transitions easily.

Go with Pearson Bats. www.pearsonbats.com . The bat that I got from them has lasted forever and it has tremendous pop.

anyone know a place that makes a maple bat, or a good quality ash bat, preferreably maple, for about 30 bucks?

Adam

You get what you pay for and 30 bucks won't cut it for durability

how about mizuno clasic maple bats? are they a good bat?