Baseball Bat Reviews and Buying Guide

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Baseball Bat Buying

Guide

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Baseball Bat Top Brandsby www.probaseballbats.com1. Easton Baseball Bats

2. Combat Baseball Bats

3. DeMarini Baseball Bats

4. Louisville lu!!er Baseball Bats

". Marucci Baseball Bats

#. $awlin! Baseball Bats

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Baseball bats Cate!ory wise

BBCore Baseball Bats

Bi! Barrel Baseball Bats

%i!& c&ool Baseball Bats

Little Lea!ue Baseball Bats

enior Lea!ue Baseball Bats

 'out& Baseball Bats

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Baseball Bat

Tec&nolo!yLength of the Bat

Weight of the BatBarrel size of Bat

Handles and Grips

 Taper or Diameter of the Bat

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Types•Wooden Baseball Bats

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Composite Baseball Bats

•Alloy Baseball Bats

•One-ie!e Design

• T"o-ie!e Design

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Ho" to Buy

De!iding on the length and "eight of the bat you s"ing is apersonal !hoi!e - you should try !ombining "hat is!omfortable "ith "hat style of player you "ant to be#

  $f you en%ision yourself being a !onta!t player li&e $!hiro'uzu&i( you "on)t "orry as mu!h about losing inertia "ithyour s"ing( but if you "ant to be a po"er hitter li&eGian!arlo 'tanton and s"ing for the fen!es( you)ll "antthe inertia you "ould get from the shorter( hea%ier bat#

 *ou !an refer to the !hart belo" to gi%e you a ballpar& ideaof "hat bat drop you should be using# ,eep in mind thatthe !hart belo" !an be used to nd bat drop for bothbaseball and softball bats and it !an be used by both adultand youth players

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'enior League

'enior league baseball bats do not meet the same BBCO.standards as adult baseball Bats( Therefore these batsare a%ailable in di/erent length to "eight ratios to help

meet the needs of younger players as they de%eloptheir s"ings# As the player get stronger and moree0!ient in his1 her me!hani!s( s1he has the option ofusing a hea%ier bat to help "ith the transition into the"orld of bb!or and drop "eight# .emember( the smaller

the number( the hea%ier the bat# 'o if a bat is-23( thedi/eren!e bet"een thelength and the "eightis -23("hereas -4( the di/eren!e 4# 5g# A -23( 23 in bat "ill"eight 63oz "hile a -4( 73in bat "ill "eight 64oz

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Little League

Little League 6 218 diameter barrel refers to the barrelsize of the youth baseball bats# The size of the barrel isstandard# Bats( for little league "ith 6 218 in!h

diameter barrel !ome from %arious !ompanies# There are many popular brands# The Louis%ille 'lugger

 T9 *B238 Air .esponse -26 oz *outh Baseball Bat(5aston L: ;22 Ha%o! o"er Hitter -< oz *outh Bat(.a"lings .aptor Little League Bat( =i&e >94 Little

League Bat and many others#

 These bats !ome in the !ategory of blemished bats andin !loseout sales# But that in no "ay impedes theperforman!e of the bat

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High '!hool Baseball Bat

Hit a homerun "ith high s!hool appro%ed bats# robaseballbats o/ers a "ide sele!tion of high s!hool !ertied bats# These BBCO. s"ingers "ill ha%e you running bases in notime# What)s the di/eren!e among B5'.( BBCO. and AB$tests? The BBCO. @Batted Ball Coe0!ient of .estitution testis ta&ing o%er for B5'. @Ball 5it 'peed .atio# B5'. testeda bat)s eit speed# BBCO. bat testing has repla!ed thistest be!ause the =EH' and the =CAA "anted a ne" bat rulethat reFuired bats to perform more li&e "ood than the B5'.

standard# This ne" BBCO. test does ust that - it ma&es surethat !omposite and aluminum bats perform li&e "ooden batse%en after they are bro&en in by in!luding an AB$ test@A!!elerated Brea&-$n Test# This test simulates bats thatha%e been used hea%ily#

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 *outh Baseball Bats

 *outh Baseball Bats are built for younger baseball players

usually bet"een and 26 years old# *outh baseballbats !an be made from !omposite( aluminum( or a

miture of both# The best selling bats are minus < oun!elength to "eight ratio to minus 27 oun!e length to "eightratio# A youth baseball bat "ill ha%e a 6 218I diameterbarrel( and ha%e the J'''A 2#24 BE stamp( along "ithstamps of !erti!ation for play in Little League( ony

Baseball( Babe .uth( Diie *outh( Cal .ip&en( and DizzyDean#

$f your league allo"s you ta&e ad%antage of the larger 641;I and 6 718I diameter bat barrels( please seeour *outh Big Barrel Bats !ategory#