Our favorite looking item for this memorial day is the squadron spike cleats from Boombah. Memorial day weekend isn’t just the day to get deals on furniture. Baseball and softball equipment, especially the bats, go through an interesting shift on Memorial day. (See our buying guide for what to buy when). What is Off MAP …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2ILue56If your summer plan included visiting the grave sites of five of the best baseball players in history, then, if you lived in Mount Pleasant New York, you could do it in just over…wait for it… Thirteen Hours. Much of that drive involves getting to Macon, Georgia to see the mausoleum of Ty Cobb. But if …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2LttrriWe hit extensively with every 2018 USA Little League baseball bat on the market. Which one is the Best? Truth be told, the best bat for any given player will be individual. There are enough 2018 USA approved baseball bats to fit almost any need. That said, although it swings more like a drop 8, …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2KVMN7pWe tested every fastpitch, softball and baseball bat from 2014 through 2018. To find the best bat for base hits we looked for a light swinging stick with a good sized barrel. Durability, value and exit speeds were also considered. We read numerous reviews on a number of different vendor sites. We think the best …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2s3M64SAfter hours of testing every baseball and softball bat on the market, we think DeMarini’s CF Zen in a drop 5 the best bat for a 13 year old. In Fastpitch we like the 2018 CFX in a drop 10, for BBCOR we choose Slugger’s 618 Solo and in USA Bat we like the drop …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2ILmEHOAfter testing every baseball, slow pitch and fastpitch bat on the market we think the best home run derby bat is the Xeno drop 8 in fastpitch, the CAT 7 Connect or 718 Select in BBCOR, the drop 5 DeMarini CF Zen in USSSA and the Easton Beast X Hybrid in USA. Generally, for each bat, …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2rXX8IRAfter over 100 hours of testing and writing about drop 10 baseball and softball bats we have whittled down our lists to the best. Our big barrel USSSA pick is DeMarini’s 2018 CF Zen; in baseball’s new USA bat space we really like the Louisville Slugger’s 718 Select; our fastpitch favorite in the drop 10 …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2LeG09RWe measured the swing weight of every BBCOR bat. Comparing those numbers with the available sizing options, the lightest BBCOR bat in 2018 is the 29/26 Louisivlle Slugger 618 Solo. The Solo swings 9.5% lighter than the average BBCOR bat in any particular length. (The 618 Solo comes in sizes from 29 to 34-inch). Related …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2k8oOq6Bat compression test results describe the amount of pressure required to compress the barrel of a bat. A higher compression result means a barrel’s walls are more rigid. A bat with a lower compression means the barrel walls are more flexible or elastic. Bat compression can be a useful tool to estimate the performance of a given …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2IlfTQAAfter hours of hitting 2018 performance fastpitch bats, we think the 2018 Slugger LXT the best fastpitch bat for the comp, travel and good high school player. Our players liked the great feel on contact, familiar sound and eyebrow burning performance. The fact several colleges use these bats too make us confident the bat is …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2IkXsYiWe spent 3 hours in the cage and another 2 perusing user reviews and videos on player experience with composite wood bats. As well, we exchanged a number of emails with manufacturing team about their construction and durability surrounding the composite wood. That experience, as well as significant cage use, drove us to choosing the the L180 …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2jY7nZ3After over 4,000 swings of testing performance baseball bats we have decided on the bat most power hitters should choose. In BBCOR, we love Marucci’s CAT 7 Connect; USA Bat then we pick the Easton Beast X Hybrid; USSSA Big Barrel we would pick up the drop 5 CF Zen. If you do NOT struggle …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2rERSbVWe just can’t help but notice how perfectly adorable tiny baseball equipment is. Easton has made a t-ball bat that is 24 inches long and, get ready for this, a DROP 13.5! The bat weighs all of 10.5 ounces. It is the Easton Ghost X 24/10.5 tee ball bat. It is the lightest tee ball …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2rx9fLUBaseball has an obsession with both America and Women. These are, we could argue, reasonable things to commemorate. As such, there are no moments with more pageantry then that of Independence Day and, at least more recently, Mother’s Day. See Amazon’s mother day deals. Not many baseball related things in here, except for the official …
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Originally Posted by JustBatReviews.com https://ift.tt/2rzEbLnIf you have seen any MLB games this season you’ve seen a new piece of face guard and jaw protection for players. Guys like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper have a new thing on their helmet. It seems like at least half of all hitters are wearing a baseball helmet face guard. It is the …
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