- Maple wood bat designed for youth league players
- Extremely dense construction offers a greater surface hardness than ash
- Less prone to flaking than ash bat, adding to durability
- Cupped construction; wine-finished handle and black barrel
- Available in 29-, 30-, and 31-inch lengths
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Don't make the mistake of thinking all wood bats are the same. They may look similar, but the quality of the wood is very different from one wood bat company to another. Louisville Slugger, however, sets itself apart from other bat makers with more than 120 years of bat-making experience, outstanding turning models, and access to the best-quality wood on the market. The MLBM9 youth bat, for instance, is made of high-quality maple, an extremely dense timber with a greater surface hardness than ash. Maple is a closed-grain timber with a structure similar to the layer in a laminated product. This makes the bat less prone to flaking than an ash bat--meaning it will snap in half upon breaking rather than splintering--resulting in a safer, more durable product. Some players also believe that maple's hardness gives them a better overall performance.
The MLBM9 bat is designed specifically for youth league players, with a shorter length and lighter weight than adult bats.
Bat Specifications
- Wood: Maple
- Finish: Wine handle, black barrel
- Length: 29, 30, or 31 inches
- Cupped: Yes
Note: The biggest factors that influence the life of a wood bat are the quality of wood and where the ball hits your bat. Until you gain experience hitting with wood bats, however, don't be surprised if you break a lot of bats. Unlike with aluminum bats, when you hit a ball along the handle or at the end of a wood bat, you may break the bat rather than get a hit. It takes a lot of practice, but with work, you will find that you break fewer bats and become a much better hitter.
About Louisville Slugger
In many ways, the rich 120-year history of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat began in the talented hands of 17-year-old John A. "Bud" Hillerich. Bud's father, J.F. Hillerich, owned a woodworking shop in Louisville in the 1880s when Bud began working for him. Legend has it that Bud slipped away from work one afternoon in 1884 to watch the Louisville Eclipse, the town's major league team. After Pete Browning--the Eclipse's star who was mired in a hitting slump--broke his bat, Bud invited him to his father's shop to make a new one. With Browning at his side giving advice, Bud handcrafted a new bat from a long slab of wood. Browning got three hits using the bat the next day. Browning told his teammates, which began a surge of professional ballplayers visiting the Hillerich shop.
Although J.F. Hillerich had little interest in making bats, Bud persisted, eventually registering the name Louisville Slugger with the U.S. patent office in 1894. In the early 1900s, the company was one of the first to use a sports endorsement as a marketing strategy, paying Hall of Famer Honus Wagner to use his name on a bat. By 1923, Louisville Slugger was the selling more bats than any other bat maker in the country, with such famed clients as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Lou Gehrig. In the ensuing years, the company has sold more than 100 million bats, and 60 percent of all Major League players currently use Louisville Sluggers. The company now sells far more than bats, including fielding and batting gloves, helmets, catchers' gear, equipment bags, training aids, and accessories.
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This 29" Maple Wood bat has a Wine handle and Black Barrel with a cupped bat end.
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This bat is being used by my eleven year old who is playing selected baseball. They use wood bats in their winter work outs in the cages so they can work on finding the sweet spot on the bat. The sweet spot on a wood bat is smaller then on an aluminum bat, so when they get back outside and start swinging metal again, they will have a better grasp on their batting fundamentals. Thus far this bat was been a real work horse. It has taken a beating and show no signs of cracking or breaking. When the boys are in the cages, the machine throws hard and once a week you hear one of the wood bats crack and fail. The way this bat is made and is taking the heavy wear, I think it will easily last this season. The price of the bat was great and it was well packed and shipped fast. Will buy a bat from them again next year.
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Very nice bat. My son received an Easton Omen for his last birthday and we bought him this bat for Christmas. First time out he was really laying the lumber down - this bat is pretty heavy but should prove to be a good training tool.
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The best youth wood bat,
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It is an awsome bat, you see it and youl love it, then your child starts to hit the ball and the sound that comes out from the hit is epic (biutiful sound). If you think your child has the oportunity or the willing to play someday a higher levels, he better start to use a bat like this.
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