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Youth wood bats are on the
way back Become a better
hitter now
melt the metal and swing the wood
Call 503 208 2009 of visit
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and order on line
Maple Lite Available in 28, 29, 30, and 31 inches Drop 8 to 10
Maple or Birch $90 your
cost is $ $75
add $12 for engraving call to order 503 208 2009
Junior Tournament version of the adult model 141
J for youth and little
league, a long time favorite of Sandlot Stiks founder and CEO Chris Corso, the model 141JT features a conventional knob, .945" handle, and
long 2.22" barrel. This smooth swinging bat is one of two Junior
Tournament models we offer, the other being the 271JT. Available in 28,
29, 30, and 31 inches.
Maple or Birch $90 your
cost is $ $75
call to order 503 208 2009
Junior Tournament version of the adult model 271
for youth and little league. The 271 J is by far the most widely
used wood bat shape in all of baseball. Hitters of all types have used
this design for many years, most notably it was the bat used by Ken
Griffey Jr. for the duration of his baseball career. The 271JT features
a .925” handle with a flared knob and long tapered 2.22” barrel. This
smooth swinging bat is one of two Junior Tournament models we offer, the
other being the 141JT. Available in 28, 29, 30, and 31 inches.
Maple or Birch $90 your
cost is $ $75
call to order 503 208 2009
Junior Tournament version of the adult model 141
J for youth and little
league, a long time favorite of Sandlot Stiks founder and CEO Chris Corso, the model 141JT features a conventional knob, .945" handle, and
long 2.22" barrel. This smooth swinging bat is one of two Junior
Tournament models we offer, the other being the 271JT.
Available in 28,
29, 30, and 31 inches.
Maple or Birch List $90 your
cost is $ $75
call to order 503 208 2009
Junior Tournament version of the adult model 271
for youth and little league. The 271 J is by far the most widely
used wood bat shape in all of baseball. Hitters of all types have used
this design for many years, most notably it was the bat used by Ken
Griffey Jr. for the duration of his baseball career. The 271JT features
a .925” handle with a flared knob and long tapered 2.22” barrel. This
smooth swinging bat is one of two Junior Tournament models we offer, the
other being the 141JT. Available in 28, 29, 30, and 31 inches.
All PRO XL2 Maple game bats are available in 1/2" increments from
32"-35" and -3 or higher weight to length ratio. Because we have chosen
our models carefully we can generally meet the weights without the need
for a cup. However we can remove up to .30 of an ounce using a 1.5"
diameter cup without compromising barrel end integrity. Models M205 and
M331, 34" or larger come standard with cupped ends.
"With all the latest
developments in the wood bat industry over the past ten years or so, all
the focus has been placed specifically on designing a better
construction of the wood bat. We have taken this one step further and
developed a better coating to go with a better wood bat "says Corso.
With the help of Matt Ceriani of the Edmonton Capitals Professional
Baseball Club and Mac's Professional Baseball School in Chico, CA, Mr.
Corso has developed BATLAC TM H2O waterborne topcoat with "Backspin
Technology" designed specifically for use on wood baseball bats.
"The
flight of a baseball is directly impacted by the way the ball spins
after it comes off the bat. Studies have proven several key factors
control what makes a ball travel farther when hit. Bat speed, undercut
(where the ball is contacted in relationship to its center), ball exit
speed, trajectory, and backspin. The pitch of course also helps
determine how far a ball can be hit. It has been proven under optimal
conditions a seventy-eight MPH curveball can travel farther than a
ninety-four MPH fastball when hit. This is due to a higher rate of
backspin. The spin of a curveball is augmented when hit with backspin by
up to 800 RPM. A fastballs spin must change direction when hit in order
to create backspin. A bat surface with a high coefficient of friction
will help create more backspin thus helping the ball lift, travel
straighter and with less wind resistance, resulting in more distance.""
JUNIOR HDX SERIES BATS
It's all simple physics
really. Without getting too technical; density is directly
related to mass and mass is directly related to force. Force
directly impacts the ball flight of a batted baseball. Dense
wood has more mass and weight at the point of contact with a
baseball which in turn transfers more force to the batted ball.
The result can create longer ball flights and higher ball exit
speeds on average. More importantly dense wood tends to hold up
to repeated impact better than lightweight wood. But not all
dense woods are proper for baseball bat production and not all
dense wood bats are designed properly for maximizing swing
speed. The HDX Series bats are manufactured from ideally
processed High Density North American Hard Maple logs and have
been designed for a manageable weight range and balance to help
improve bat speed, control and durability. The HDX Series bats
are consistently similar in weight to the standard modern high
school and collegiate metal bats available today and come cupped
as a standard to optimize balance.
Why are Sandlot Stiks
HDX Series unique?…
It's all in the design of the bats and
processing of the lumber from which they are manufactured.
Anyone can take a piece of wood and make it look like a
baseball bat, but what makes one piece of wood ideal for the
abuse of repeated impact from batting pitched baseballs and how
to make it into a bat you can swing effectively is a whole
different ballgame! It takes years of experience producing wood
bats to gain the knowledge to know what the right wood is, we
have it. It also takes experience of playing the game at the
elite levels to understand the mechanics of a baseball swing and
how to properly design bats to execute that swing. We have that
too! Now we're going to pass it all on to you. NEW BATLAC Bat
Finish proprietary “GREEN” BATLAC TM H2O waterborne topcoat
with "Backspin Technology" designed specifically for use on wood
baseball bats.
New Maple Bat Label placement and Ink/Grain
Dot
Available for Youth Wood Bat Teams, Players and
Leagues Maple |
Ink Grain Ink Grain
MLB has asked that it’s approved bat manufacturers place the label of
the bat on the vertical grain or longitudinal axis of Maple bats because
they say this is the weaker side. This of course goes against 100+ years
of traditional belief that the longitudinal axis is the stronger of the
two sides. MLB says through the studies performed on bat breakage in
2008 it has been proven Maple bats will have a tendency to break less
violently when hit on the flat grain or Tangential axis side. In
addition the strength of the Maple wood is up to 30% stronger on that
Axis.
Ash wood is ring porous and has an open grain, which gives the layers of
wood a tendency to separate if struck against the tangential or face
grain. So hitting on the longitudinal grain makes more sense. Maple is a
diffuse porous wood and has very uniform structure and tight grain.
Under a microscope it looks like a 3D traffic grid. The fibers of Maple
are short and rigid, thus the main concern with maple is that it often
breaks in half or multiple pieces causing very dangerous spear like
projectiles.
“If it means having a safer product, we’ll conform to the new MLB rules
too” says Corso. “We have always been very discrete in choosing a
straight grain for all our game bats because this makes for a stronger
bat. Since our inception in 1996, we have enforced a strict quality
control incorporating most importantly the Zero slope of grain idea for
our lumber. We have always made sure our suppliers either Split our
billets or saw for grain and fiber straightness with very little to no
slope of grain. Multi-piece fractures a far more likely to occur when
the wood rays or fiber direction is at an angle or not parallel to the
center of the wood. When hardwood logs are split, they will split along
the direction of these fibers creating the straightest possible grain in
both the longitudinal and tangential directions. When logs are sawn,
they may be sawn at an angle to those fibers of the tangential axis
creating a weak fiber direction. An ink dot will now be placed on the
Maple and Birch bat handles at the 12" mark. The ink will bleed into the
fibers of the grain and run along them revealing the direction or slope
of grain”.
“For Maple wood especially since it has a natural tendency to be more
brittle than Ash, Birch and Beech due to its short rigid fibers, the
grain in both directions need to run as parallel as possible to the
center of the piece of wood for the entire length of the bat. This will
insure optimal strength of the wood. Even though we were aware of this
in the past and made sure our bats had strict grain standards, we were
not aware of the strength difference between the two directions of
grain. All our new Maple and Birch bats will have labels on the
longitudinal grain, but will keep the labels on the traditional face
grain for Ash bats due nature of the wood itself."
Sandlot Stiks will now offer their high quality bats to the rest of the
baseball world focusing mainly on independent professional leagues and
amateurs alike. “We want to try to service our customers better than
ever before. Unfortunately when we were left hanging by MLB, the rest of
our customers felt the repercussions. We had a hard time filling some of
the orders placed at the same time MLB pulled the rug out from under us.
We simply ran out of products because we could not afford to pay for
more wood to complete the orders. It was like being in a sinking boat
and not being able to bail out fast enough. That was a terrible time for
me!” said Corso “But, now we're ready to do it right and get the
customers back.”
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