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Originally posted by greymule
My error. They were indeed not using the Ultra IIs in the Trentonian. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the main bats were the orange Mizuno and the Worth PST.
Some of the local leagues allow the Miken Ultra II, however, and I'm surprised to learn that it's more juiced than the original. I never saw balls jump off the bat the way they did with the original Mikens that were in use last year.
Is the Ultra II one of those bats that meets specs when it's new and then gets livelier?
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Absolutely! That's what made the players joke about it. It it fine coming off the rack, but after about 100 hits it starts to loosen up. After 200, the bat coming into it high-performance level. The players are so aware of this, many take the bats, wrap the barrel in cloth and start hitting telephone poles with them just to expedite the composite breakdown.