Last night was on one of the hottest baseball games I have played in the Twin Cities that I can remember. It was above 95 degrees with humidity making it feel well over 100 degrees. This baseball game started off bad! Our pitcher was thrown out of the game for just questioning a call from the umpire in the 2nd inning, no warning, just tossed. That set the tempo for the rest of the baseball game. … [Read more...]

How to hit with maple bats. Research has found Sugar Maple to be 10% harder, stiffer, and stronger than White Ash. Recent changes increased its safety factor in reference to maple bat breakage. Those changes include enhancing the initial selection process, and rotating the hitting surface of the wooden maple bats (the grain of the wood) by 90 degrees. In doing so, the contact point for a maple … [Read more...]