<b>Steve,</b>

I loved the wooden <i>"bottle-bat"</i>. You had great control with
it and as you said, "there was nothing like the sound of a
ball hit off a wooden bat. I like to bring it behind my
back for a fast bunt [or attempt anyway [grin].

glen

What many players don't understand, whether a teenager or adult, is that if you can't hit with a $25 bat, you probably can't hit with a $200.

Will it go faster and farther? Possibly, but you still need to make good contact with the ball and the price of the bat isn't going to help in that catagory.

I, too, am angry at ASA for whimping out because I know too many ASA umpires that won't check bats unless they're told to do so and usually it's a tournament. If I have any doubt
about any bat, I'm tossing it out. But, it would have been
nice if ASA had the rules down in black and white for coaches like Corey.
Of all the bats I've ever seen, slowpitch or fastpitch, the
absolute worst bat has got to be the purple Demarini for fastpitch. I don't know the model #, but it was their only
purple bat. It would crack all around the end within 6 months of using it and could get really bad flat spots when
hitting under 50 degrees. I must have tossed out a couple of dozen or so over the years.
I'm glad that my daughter likes her Michelle Smith bat that
I got for $89 about 3 years ago.