Has anyone seen the pink bats mlb players are using on mothers day? Are they Cool?
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You're kidding, aren't you?
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My hero   - Jim Thome -   we sat next to the dugout at cleveland indians spring training game in 1996  -  he cracked his bat and gave it to us\n\nAddition\nReply to answerer regarding Jim Thome snubbing youth- wow -  well-  when Jim Thome walked off the field he had my husband (now ex) bring my youngest son (2 1/2 years old) over so he could hand it to him .  He had posed with a great big smile for a picture  for my other son - almost 6 at the time right before he batted -  and Manager Mike Hargrove chatted with me and gave me two baseballs for my sons  -  so all I saw was the fact that they were  extremely nice to kids.
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Seems like a nice mitt.\n\nRawlings Heritage Series Model XFG125S 12 1/2 inch pattern size. FASTBACK design with HOLDSTER index finger slot. Arched basket web with DEEP WELL pocket. Saddle brandy leather. D-ring adjustment strap. Ultra fast break-in time.  \n\nVINTAGE LOOK...HIGH-TECH CONSTRUCTION...THE HERITAGE SERIES™ FROM RAWLINGS. With the Heritage Series™, glove designers from Rawlings Sporting Goods Company have re-created a glove with a vintage appearance through a unique shell coloration (saddle tan), special branding and lightweight inner padding which provides the ultimate in shape retention, flexibility and quick, easy break-in. Ideal for both baseball and softball players, this new line-up of high performance gloves stands alone in offering pro features in designs geared for both experienced and recreational players.\n\ntry the links I listed in sources...
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yes it is true. yahoo had some pics of them at the game.
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Since he's in high school you're probably going to use metal\n\nThere are basically two types of aluminum bats: one-piece or two-piece.\n\nOne piece bats are single wall to double wall (mostly single) construction with a lot less "flex" in the bat.  Most Louisville Slugger bats (dynasty, omaha) meet these requirements.  Now, the positive with these is that the bat creates the "pop" by taking the power generated by whoever and translating it up the barrel of the stiff flex bat to the walls of the barell.  The walls of these barrells are usually a little bit more flexible and therefore they use the "trampoline" effect to create the pop along with the power transfered up through the handle.\n\nTwo-piece or composite types of bats use a "whip" technique to maximize the power of the bat.\nComposite bats will flex as whoever swings the bat.  In theory the barrell of the bat will straighten out right at the time of contact creating the whip effect ot generate power.  Now, it's for a senior in high school he might actually be able to create enough whip to use the benefits of these bats.  Most younger kids won't (even though composite bats are popular amongst most young kids and their parents) Types of bats: Most Demarini, easton, Nike.\n\nAs far as which ones are the best? Who knows, to be honest it boils down to price, popularity, availablity.  Most popular right now is probably between Louisville EXO 349.99 (which is a hybrid bat, it's a combination of the two types of technology) and the DeMarini VooDoo (two-piece/composite, double walled 299.99)\nand the Easton Stealth 299.99 (compostite)\n\nTo purchase or get more info about the bats go to: www.linedrive.com or www.baseballexpress.com\n\nLineDrive is a smaller company and usually more accomodating when it comes to price breaks, shipping charges etc.  They are a great company!\n\n*side note*Mr coach up above me is possibly a "i'll tell you whatever you want to hear type of coach."\n\nBarry Bonds uses: 34, 31.8 oz.  yes he does choke up to make it close to a 32 inch bat but don't act like you know what you're talking about.  Barry also uses a 200$ wood bat.  Yes size and strenght help but so does maple.
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try amazon.com. they usually have a lot of bats for sale.
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that guy before me doesnt have a brain.  you bet they are legit but they were legit before the beat down.  tigers are teh best in baseball by far they are hot right now and they've been hot all year.
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As already stated, it's a rules issue. \n\nEither bat will work with either ball, they are made out of the same materials.\n\nBaseball bats have larger barrels, would be easiear to hit a softball. Hint; to improve your baseball swing, practice with a softball (skinny barrel) bat. When you change back to the baseball bat you'll feel like you're swinging a tennis racket!\n\nBaseball bats must meet (and be stamped) BESR Certified (Bat Exit Speed Ratio) for most HS play, or meet certain length to weight ratios for other play. All haive size/dimension restrictions. Wood bats only have size/dimension restrictions, and are legal in all play.\n\nSoftball bats for HS and most league play must be listed on an approved list published by the ASA (Ameteur Softball Association) and bear a certification mark. Proper sized wood bats are also legal.
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If you are talking about softball, the easton cyclone is a very good bat. mine is 32 inches 23 oz. and hits the ball a ton.
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Those are probably the fungo circles.  When teams are taking their fielding practice, coaches hit fly balls to outfielders using a fungo bat.  By dedicating a dirt patch for that, it helps prevent wear and tear on the grass.
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You can buy soft ball bats at Dreamcricket pavilion shop - http://www.pavilionshop.com\n\nI have tried them out and have had a good experience.
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i just want to say you are a good person for liking the tribe! They are gonne be the 06 champs. the martinez you are thiking of is dennis martinez (el presidente) im not sure where he is. but thome is on the rival white sox who arent doing so well this year so far, hershieser is an espn baseball analysis. sandy plays for the rangers i believe and is like 2nd sting. julio franco is with the braves i think and is like the oldest player in the mlb. omar is short stop for the giants and last i saw of mesa he was pitching for phili. hope that helps alittle and GO TRIBE!
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Easton and Mizuno made good bats.
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In addition to the first poster, who is correct, MLB baseballs have a cork center.  This is surrounded by blue and red rubber (why the color difference, who knows), and then by string and wooly yarn... in several layers.  The string is the last item before the cover.  Then, the ball is stitched with 108 stitches of red yarn, which hold together 2 figure-8 sections of painted cowhide (they don't use horsehide anymore).  It's been this way, supposedly, since waaaaay back.  Oh, they would never juice the ball :p\n\nAlso, balls tend toward the smaller of the allowed dimensions: optimally, they are 5 oz, 9" in most leagues...
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Free souvenir!  Not many baseball fans can say they have an actual game ball.  It's a treasure to a lot of them.\n\nI was at a Cubs game behind home plate and just sat down.  A foul ball came up and over the fence and landed right in front of me.  I was so shocked, before I realized it some kids ran past me and grabbed it :(
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I looked a little more about this for you and found this story about the pink jersey. Sorry it's kind of lengthy, but tells it all. Enjoy!\n\nThe Mystery of the Pink Jersey\n\nMike Laga amassed 423 career AB over the course of nine seasons between Detroit, St. Louis and San Francisco.  He had a .199 career average, and is probably best known for being the only player to have hit a baseball actually out of Busch Stadium (A foul ball left the park in September of 1986).  \n\nBut for me, Mike Laga will always be remembered for something else: The 1987 Topps card which depicts him wearing an airbrushed-pink jersey!  \n\nIn all my youth, the closest baseball cards came to perfection were those ’87 Topps.  Sure the early Upper Decks were nice; and I won’t sell the 1988-1989 and 1991-1992 Donruss sets short.  But those ’87 Topps had that special something: the perfect mix between action and posed photos.  The player-name box was tastefully understated.  The team logo was just the right size.  Many remember that set for the wood-grain frame that brought it all together.\n\nThe answer to the Mike Laga question has eluded me for years.  As a boy I wondered “why is Mike Laga wearing a pink jersey?”  Later it became “why would somebody at Topps airbrush a guy’s jersey pink?”\n\nMy first thought was that it might be an error card.  I hoped that something had happened when the film was being processed that botched the photo.  Error cards are worth a lot of money, right?  My 1981 Fleer Craig Nettles is an error card, and at one point it was worth $5.  $5!!!  I’ve got 800 of these Mike Laga cards, I might be rich!\n\nMy sister and I must have spent an entire summer trying to track down the 1988 Donruss Mark Grace rookie card; or the Fleer Billy Ripken with the dirty word on the knob of the bat.  I knew error cards were worth a lot of money (to a nine-year-old), and so when I saw that the ’87 Mike Laga was worth a mere $0.03, I quickly dismissed the notion that it was a true “error card.”  \n\nOne possibility is that Topps used a photo from Mike’s time in Detroit, although my first instinct is to reject this premise: the Tigers did utilize the three-band strip of elastic around the neckline, but the Tigers jerseys of 1986 buttoned-down (unless I am mistaken; admittedly I am not an authority on the history of Tigers uniforms).  The photo of Laga clearly indicates a jersey without buttons is being worn.  \n\nPlus, baseball card photos are traditionally taken during spring training, right?  Mike got dealt to St. Louis in 1986, so they could’ve easily snapped another photo of him during spring training of 1987; or they could have easily taken an action shot from the end of 1986.\n\nEven if this was a modified photo of Mike Laga in a Tigers jersey, it differed from what Topps would typically do for this situation.  For example, the 1988 Topps Doug DeCinces (card #446) features DeCinces in an Angels uniform having rounded second-base and possibly watching a play develop at third.  Across the top of the card the name “Angels” is spelled out in block letters, but in the lower-left corner of the card in 6 or 8 pt black type is written “Now with Cardinals.”  If the only thing that Topps had available for Mike Laga was a 1986 photo of him with the Tigers, why not simply note in the corner that he is “Now with Cardinals,” like they did for DeCinces?  \n\nI do know that card companies pay players for their photos (although in the 1980s it probably wasn’t much).  Did Topps not want to pony up an extra hundred bucks to pay Laga for a new photo?  If they felt that Mike was such a marginal player, why include him in the set at all?  In any event, the total costs of detailing a Mike Laga photo in 1987 probably far exceeded that of just paying him the $100 for a new photo.     \n\nAlthough the Mike Laga card is a mystery, it is not my favorite card in Topps set of 1987 (no disrespect to Mr. Laga).  My favorite was al
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Here's some sites to look into:\nhttp://www.islandsoftball.com/\nhttp://openfieldsoftball.net/softballtournaments.htm\nhttp://softballtournaments.com/index/id/tourn_find/st/NY\nGood luck!