2009 Louisville Slugger YB9H2 TPX H2 Hybrid Youth Bat

by Louisville Slugger

Product Features

• Composite baseball bat designed for youth league players
• Industry-leading ST+20 barrel and full 3X composite handle
• 100-percent graphite composite transition zone creates stiffer handle
• Stiff handle produces more barrel flex and max trampoline effect
• 7/8-inch standard handle with synthetic grip; available in 28- to 32-inch lengths

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Designed for youth league players, the Louisville Slugger YB9H2 Hybrid baseball bat offers unmatched performance and lasting durability. From the earliest days of the game, Louisville Slugger has employed the most powerful technology in the bat business. Back in the days of Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, that meant putting the most skilled craftsmen at the lathe, where they handcrafted bats to the most demanding specifications of the world's most demanding players. Today, it means applying the latest aerospace technology to bat making, delivering high-tech aluminum, hybrid, and composite bats for youth, high school, college, and senior leagues.

The Hybrid composite bat features Louisville Slugger's exclusive H2 design, which bonds an ST+20 barrel to a 3X composite handle, helping optimize the bat's overall performance. The industry-leading ST+20 barrel is strong and tough, with the type of performance, feel, and sound that top players demand. On the other end sits a full 3X composite handle, with a 100-percent graphite composite transition zone located between the two. The transition zone creates an even stiffer handle than in the company's Exogrid bats, producing more barrel flex and a maximum trampoline effect. Other features include a 2-1/4-inch barrel thickness, a patented Pro Cup end cap, a 7/8-inch standard handle with a synthetic grip, and a -12 oz. weight ratio without the grip. Available in lengths ranging from 28 to 32 inches (with weights from 16 to 20 ounces), the YB9H2 carries a one-year warranty.

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.

Product Description

The H2 barrel is constructed with the industry leading ST+20 alloy. The handle and transition area is made from 3X composite. The move to a full 100% graphite composite design in the transition area allows for an even stiffer handle than the Exogrid. Graphite is lighter and stronger than aluminum, allowing for a stiffer handle and less weight which can be used for a longer barrel. The exclusive H2 design bonds the ST+20 barrel with the 3X composite seamlessly, guaranteeing the outstanding performance provided by a 1-piece stiff handle design.

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001Q3LBYY
• Item model number: YB9H2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #521,141 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)