Since when did slow-pitch softball bats...

[gantrules]

I played in a slow pitch league for a couple years before I left Buffalo. Everytime one of those guys came up to bat with their $300 bat, batting gloves, offical MLB pants and sports goggles on, we would laugh our asses off.

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This is why I play basketball year round. Can't alter that game. I just don't get softball.

[Dan Gross]

Here's something in your price range:

http://www.atafa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv...ode=AC-3193XXXX

 

[SDS]

Here's something in your price range:

http://www.atafa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv...ode=AC-3193XXXX

 

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Jack one out with THAT bat and you can color me impressed.

[bills_fan]

I've been playing in various leagues for years. Let me tell you something....those bats should be taken off the market. The ball is hit too hard. I've seen guys, good players mind you, at 3B, have their faces shattered in tournament play by those bats. The team using them was DQ'd when the ref realized what was going on, but it didn't help the 2 guys who were sent to the hospital.

[SDS]

Well, after thinking it over - I took Pete's advice and picked out a real screamer.

 

I got the Manhattan Projectile...

 

It is a titanium based, quadruple walled alloy with a uranium core. Generate the slightest amount of bat speed and the accelerometer will trigger a small nuclear reaction and that imparts 150,000 Newtons to that poor softball. Some softballs have been known to vaporize on contact.

 

I can only IMAGINE the tail I'm going to get when those diamond rats see me jacking those balls out swinging left handed (I'm a righty).

 

BOO-YA!!!!

 

(In all seriousness, I got the DeMarini Rayzor double-walled for $99.99 at Dicks. The single wall was available for $10 less, but apparently you have to be related to Ozzy Osbourne to buy that bat considering the Goth lettering on it.)

[USMCBillsFan]

Well, after thinking it over - I took Pete's advice and picked out a real screamer.

 

I got the Manhattan Projectile...

 

It is a titanium based, quadruple walled alloy with a uranium core.  Generate the slightest amount of bat speed and the accelerometer will trigger a small nuclear reaction and that imparts 150,000 Newtons to that poor softball.  Some softballs have been known to vaporize on contact.

 

I can only IMAGINE the tail I'm going to get when those diamond rats see me jacking those balls out swinging left handed (I'm a righty).

 

BOO-YA!!!!

 

(In all seriousness, I got the DeMarini Rayzor double-walled for $99.99 at Dicks.  The single wall was available for $10 less, but apparently you have to be related to Ozzy Osbourne to buy that bat considering the Goth lettering on it.)

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Good choice. The double wall will make a ton of difference for 10 bucks more and anything more than that (triple walls..etc...) need to be hit EXACTLY right to generate anything special out of them.

[Dan Gross]

Well, after thinking it over - I took Pete's advice and picked out a real screamer.

 

I got the Manhattan Projectile...

 

It is a titanium based, quadruple walled alloy with a uranium core.  Generate the slightest amount of bat speed and the accelerometer will trigger a small nuclear reaction and that imparts 150,000 Newtons to that poor softball.  Some softballs have been known to vaporize on contact.

 

I can only IMAGINE the tail I'm going to get when those diamond rats see me jacking those balls out swinging left handed (I'm a righty).

 

BOO-YA!!!!

 

(In all seriousness, I got the DeMarini Rayzor double-walled for $99.99 at Dicks.  The single wall was available for $10 less, but apparently you have to be related to Ozzy Osbourne to buy that bat considering the Goth lettering on it.)

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...and if you were Ozzy you'd try to bite the head off of it.

I take it only the double-wall came in hot pink, girly-man?

[SDS]

...and if you were Ozzy you'd try to bite the head off of it. 

I take it only the double-wall came in hot pink, girly-man? 

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Actually, it came in a tasteful silver. The other one was black with blood red Goth letters saying "Ultimate Weapon"... I think the wrapper was made of velvetta it looked so cheesy.

[elcrusho]

I had a blue softball back 2 years ago, nad I bent it when I hit a triple

[MattyT]

Check out a Play It Again Sports. You're near Baltimore right?

 

http://www.playitagainsports.com/franchise...ise.asp?ID=1593

 

Pick up a few that look good and choose the one in your price range that feels the best in your hands. No muss, no fuss.

 

Unless you need a shiny new piece of steel to pound the crap out of a hunk of leather and string.

[Campy]

This is why I play basketball year round. Can't alter that game. I just don't get softball.

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The way the game has been altered is the reason I no longer watch (or play) basketball. I'm not attacking you but IMO the changes ruined basketball.

[Adam]

Slow pitch.....grrrr!!! Fast pitch is the sport!

[MDH]

and if you use one - consider yourself a pink panty wearing p****. 

 

BTW - YOU aren't hitting bombs with those - the bat is.  I guess in the age of Viagra any artifical means up pumping up one's manhood is "money well spent". 

 

Go get 'em tiger.  You da bomb.

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So I suppose you don't use or approve of new golf balls, graphite tennis rackets or any new technology that has been brought into the sports world (or any other area for that matter)?

 

In fact, just the other day I believe you were spotted riding down the street in a horse drawn carriage...don't you know, the new horseless carriages have arrived!

[gantrules]

The way the game has been altered is the reason I no longer watch (or play) basketball.  I'm not attacking you but IMO the changes ruined basketball.

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Oh, I agree 100%. I'm just talking about down home pick up basketball twice a week with 15 to 20 buds. Always great fun.

[Alaska Darin]

I was trying to look for info on the:

 

DeMarini 2005 Ultimate Weapon Singlewall...

 

It's $99.  Which still seems outrageous, but I don't want to dent a cheap one either.

 

My current 10 year old Louisville Slugger chatters my teeth with every swing.  My hands hurt so bad after BP I need ibuprofen.

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Because your bat is dead. They aren't meant to last that long. I actually sat through a seminar once with TPS (the company, not the guy) where they explained the technology. It was really something.

[Toledo Bill]

oh and BTW sometimes when you try and hit them out the extra 30 feet added by the bat makes it a tape measure shot and is aesthetically pleasing.  Nothing like watching a ball you just hit go for a long ride!

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If you are indeed the hitter you claim to be... congratulations. I retired from playing ball 12 years ago and it always used to amuse me how everyone that played softball claimed to be a 400 ft power hitter that just missed the majors. I saw one individual in 20 years of playing that hit nothing but line drives (that also occassionaly carried out). If you are truly in that class, you are an asset to any team. Most of the claims I heard, however, turned out to be so overblown it was ridiculous. Not doubting you, but the stories I used to hear would grate me. I always found that the new guy I wanted on my team would be the one that said... "just give me a tryout and you be the judge".

[Richmond_Bills]

If you are indeed the hitter you claim to be... congratulations. I retired from playing ball 12 years ago and it always used to amuse me how everyone that played softball claimed to be a 400 ft power hitter that just missed the majors. I saw one individual in 20 years of playing that hit nothing but line drives (that also occassionaly carried out). If you are truly in that class, you are an asset to any team. Most of the claims I heard, however, turned out to be so overblown it was ridiculous. Not doubting you, but the stories I used to hear would grate me. I always found that the new guy I wanted on my team would be the one that said... "just give me a tryout and you be the judge".

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I've played league ball (still play) , tournament ball, umpire ASA and there are about 2 or 3 guys on every team that "hit one out" on their "other team" every week, but can't manage to do anything but pop out on my team. Transalation - they hit one out at a field with 275 ft fences in their co-ed league once this season.

[Toledo Bill]

I've played league ball (still play) , tournament ball, umpire ASA and there are about 2 or 3 guys on every team that "hit one out" on their "other team" every week, but can't manage to do anything but pop out on my team.  Transalation - they hit one out at a field with 275 ft fences in their co-ed league once this season.

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Perfect. Just like all the 400 pound bench pressers you talk to that must be "having a bad day" struggling with 225.

[Pete]

If you are indeed the hitter you claim to be... congratulations. I retired from playing ball 12 years ago and it always used to amuse me how everyone that played softball claimed to be a 400 ft power hitter that just missed the majors. I saw one individual in 20 years of playing that hit nothing but line drives (that also occassionaly carried out). If you are truly in that class, you are an asset to any team. Most of the claims I heard, however, turned out to be so overblown it was ridiculous. Not doubting you, but the stories I used to hear would grate me. I always found that the new guy I wanted on my team would be the one that said... "just give me a tryout and you be the judge".

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I am a line drive hitter that hits a few homeruns every season and I have never hit one 400 feet. I do put them out over the 330 fence. Everyone on my main team can hit a homerun. We bust on each other if we hit one with noone on or only one because we only get 3 a game in that league. We dont like to waste them. Sometimes though you line one and it carrys. BTW I do not hit the farthest homeruns on my team. Probably the third or fourth farthest. The best was last summer we were playing a game on a Friday night. There was a concert going on behind leftfields wall. My buddy hit a extra inning walk off homer over the 330 homerun fence and it shattered someones windshield who was attending the concert. We watched as everyone at the concert looked to see if it was their car. We know better to park behind the fence. Greatest homer I have ever witnessed in my softball career.

 

BTW when I bat my team does the Tomahawk chant- I always crack up! The reason I never pop up is I keep my chin pinned to my shoulder and I keep my elbow up high. I swing very even every time. If you keep your chin pinned and back elbow up you will line the ball almost everytime. Turn your wrists and get some leg drive into it and you will drive it. If you drop your front shoulder and you will lose power and pop up.

[Pete]

one more hitting tip for you. If you follow the advice on my last post- keep your chin glued to your shoulder and your back elbow up, turn your wrists and drive your legs- you will line the ball hard. I like to set up for the outside pitch- I stay off the plate. If you try and pull an outside pitch it will go up the middle everytime. If you keep your shoulder up, etc- you will line it right up the middle. If you drive your legs and get good wrist action you will split the two middle outfielders. Try it out. Its almost a guaranteed single or more.

[gmac17]

who decides what a normal bat is?

 

the asa rates bats and decides if they are approved for asa leagues. Some leagues follow asa rules, some don't.

 

The funny part is that there is an underground industry of people who will take illegal bats and give them paint jobs so they look like legal bats....

[Toledo Bill]

one more hitting tip for you.  If you follow the advice on my last post- keep your chin glued to your shoulder and your back elbow up, turn your wrists and drive your legs- you will line the ball hard.  I like to set up for the outside pitch- I stay off the plate.  If you try and pull an outside pitch it will go up the middle everytime.  If you keep your shoulder up, etc- you will line it right up the middle.  If you drive your legs and get good wrist action you will split the two middle outfielders.  Try it out.  Its almost a guaranteed single or more.

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The line drive hitter I mentioned had a very unique swing. He was a lefty that actually appeared to be hitting down on the ball. His style entailed hitting the top half of the ball just above the midpoint (don't ask me how he could see the ball that well). He hit nothing but line drives and the drives would occassionally begin an upwords trajectory and carry out of the park. He was a consisten 750-800 hitter that terrified infielders and occassionaly outfielders. It was interesting to read your comments because he, unlike you, did not have a level swing... he actually appeared to swing down at the ball. Best hitter I ever saw and this was before the advent of the "nuclear bats" that are in use today.

[Dan Gross]

Don't forget to get the "spinner" while you're at the store. I hear today's up-and-coming athletes swear by them....That's pending, of course, that you're not pitching.

[Pete]

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I appear to swing down too- that is what I was saying when my teammates do the Tommahawk chop. I am not kidding- they actually chop and do the chant. I am usually laughing my ass off while I swing. I always swing even but it appears I swing down. I swing at must any pitch and I love the stuff over my head-I plant that stuff in the outfield somewhere. I am not kidding I swing even and drive that sh-- into the ground. My swing always looks like I am chopping down but I swing even every time but get mad wrist action. BTW I have never batten under .700. I can hit singles with the best of them. Singles and baserunners win softball games.