The Wooden Industrial Complex Comes To Softball bats

Posted by Jonathan in EQUIPMENT on 04-07-10    No Comments


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With all due respect to our high tech composite cousins, if you really want to make the sporting scene this spring on the baseball diamond, it’s best to stay biodegradable.  I like what I am seeing in wooden softball bats.

Wooden bats offer unmatchable customization in terms of handle size, head diameter, and design. Plus they give your local softball game that old-world baseball flair. And what you give up in distance, you more than make up in control: Nothing better than forcing that lame third baseman to really make that long throw to first. And there is no beating the price:   Even a top of the line custom bat costs about a third of a composite job.

Here are the models worth a look.

  • Viperbats VBB Softball bat in Bamboo.  ($55) No, you will not be suddenly turned into an extra for Apocalypse Now by going bamboo. What will happen is you will get a cheap, durable, super stiff bat that can be optimized for exactly your grip, hitting style and colors. Toss on your  name, a no-break guarantee ($20), and a cupped out head ($5). For a total of $75, you have one hell of a bat.
  • Superior Bat Company SB56. $69 buys a conventional wooden bat also with nice color and customization features.
  • The Xbat SB41 ($90) Xbat goes as far as making a men’s and women’s softball bat. And they also do a heck of a job in colors and overall design.

Don’t even try to pretend you don’t want to come to bat with 2 out bottom of the 6th and the first round that night on the line. These bats are your surest path the victory.

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