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Never spent that much on a bat. My son was a stocky asthmatic who had to work on his hitting harder than most.I have probably spent over 300 on hitting tees over the last 17 years.Braxton's
goal was to get an education out of baseball,he is in his senior year at the U of Mobile now. I would advise to a parent of a ball
player to purchase a good wood or bamboo bat to do tee work,and bp rather than a high dollar piece of aluminum,a bat is only as good as the hands that are holding it.
"Grits ain't groceries, eggs ain't poultry,and Mona Lisa was a man"
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Heck, when we were kids, our parents probably didn't even come to half our games, and they were darn sure never at a practice.. Dang. I can't remember my parents ever NOT being there. I'm trying to give the same support for my kids. And...I just ordered a 2015 DeMarini Voodoo Overlord. CD. Same here CD..My parents were always heavily involved in my sports and dad always helped coach. Y'all STILL act like you don't have a clue what I'm talking about??? Let me try to repeat this again: This is NOT an issue of being a good parent, or not--I do not say nor believe that you are a good or bad parent if you never miss or always miss. This is NOT even an issue about youth sports. This IS me making an observation that I've never seen anything captivate such a huge percentage of whole communities (the kids, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends), for anywhere from 7 to 10 months of the year (some 12 months). Entire businesses have been created around it, and those businesses are exploding. Social media is growing more and more exclusively about it. It looks like a huge wave that covers everybody and everything. Only the kids are actually playing the game, but the REALLY INTERESTING THING is how caught up the adults are in it. Now, is this wrong or right? I don't know!!!!...not even trying to say it's either. But I'm shocked that almost nobody else will even agree that what I'm seeing is occuring, and that it is hard to explain the attraction that so many adults have to something they themselves aren't even participating in (especially so many adults who never played it themself). My point about our parents above wasn't to debate what makes a good parent. It was to say that back then (80's) there was a TINY percentage of the community who might have even realized a game was being played. Today is looks like 1/2 of every town is at the field more days of the week than not. There's not a grossly critical accusation made in any of that, but damn y'all are sensitive about it!!!...and that sensitivity and defensiveness just confirms my feelings about the whole matter. It's more than just a hobby when you can't ignore criticism. For the record, DeMarini makes one heckuva bat, and YES it makes a difference (even in younger players). Happy now?? I was only agreeing with cd bout our parents being involved.I do have a clue what you're talking about.I've seen it with my own eyes and even have one family on our team thats the same way but thats their business and none of mine.They spend 12 months outta the year playing ball,going outta state to camps,games,doing pitching,hitting,fielding lessons,talking about softball,dreaming about softball,texting about softball...etc..Its not for me but everybody's different.I love being involved helping coach and watching my daughter do good on the field but she knows if she gets ready to put the ball and glove in her bag and give it a break all shes gotta say is the word.Its her decision and I'll never push her to do anything she doesnt wanna do especially ball.Me being around ball for quite a few years I've seen very few parents like i described above and like you are talking about..I just think your blowing it way outta proportion.
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Heck, when we were kids, our parents probably didn't even come to half our games, and they were darn sure never at a practice.. Dang. I can't remember my parents ever NOT being there. I'm trying to give the same support for my kids. And...I just ordered a 2015 DeMarini Voodoo Overlord. CD. Same here CD..My parents were always heavily involved in my sports and dad always helped coach. Y'all STILL act like you don't have a clue what I'm talking about??? Let me try to repeat this again: This is NOT an issue of being a good parent, or not--I do not say nor believe that you are a good or bad parent if you never miss or always miss. This is NOT even an issue about youth sports. This IS me making an observation that I've never seen anything captivate such a huge percentage of whole communities (the kids, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends), for anywhere from 7 to 10 months of the year (some 12 months). Entire businesses have been created around it, and those businesses are exploding. Social media is growing more and more exclusively about it. It looks like a huge wave that covers everybody and everything. Only the kids are actually playing the game, but the REALLY INTERESTING THING is how caught up the adults are in it. Now, is this wrong or right? I don't know!!!!...not even trying to say it's either. But I'm shocked that almost nobody else will even agree that what I'm seeing is occuring, and that it is hard to explain the attraction that so many adults have to something they themselves aren't even participating in (especially so many adults who never played it themself). My point about our parents above wasn't to debate what makes a good parent. It was to say that back then (80's) there was a TINY percentage of the community who might have even realized a game was being played. Today is looks like 1/2 of every town is at the field more days of the week than not. There's not a grossly critical accusation made in any of that, but damn y'all are sensitive about it!!!...and that sensitivity and defensiveness just confirms my feelings about the whole matter. It's more than just a hobby when you can't ignore criticism. For the record, DeMarini makes one heckuva bat, and YES it makes a difference (even in younger players). Happy now?? I see where you are coming from. My son played travel ball for 6 years and in our travels you could see both ends of the spectrum from all out vulgar displays of vicarious living through the kids to parents wanting their child to play better competition in order to elevate their game.I agree that DeMarini makes a fine product,but I always waited for the clearance sale on justbats,baseballexpress ect...
"Grits ain't groceries, eggs ain't poultry,and Mona Lisa was a man"
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We cool! I still love y'all (in a straight way) 
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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The way I see it the equipment makes a huge difference. If any of you guys play golf or fish seriously you know what I am talking about. You can buy a clone titanium driver then compare it to a high dollar brand name driver and there is a difference in performance. The same with fishing rods and reels. Once they get to the BBCOR bats which is middle school through college the bat performance just is not there. I have seen kids hit the ball as far or further with a $50 Walmart BBCOR bat as they can with a $400 bat. Not the same with a -10 2 3/4" barrel bat those make a difference. I think you can take a BBCOR and beat it against a telephone pole and it will not make a difference. The Colleges have started using a new ball this year that does not have high seams on it so that the ball will travel further.
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To put it plain and simple. I will do what ever I want for my kid. Give him the best of every thing that I can. And he will work for it also. I will do this so that he can have a better chance to succeed. So yes it will help.
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Biggest thing I have seen is kids that don't have good swing mechanics when they start school ball and have to start swinging a -3 bat. All the composites in the world won't make up for not learning how to swing the correct way. And yes as write we are waiting on another one of those 300 dollar bats to arrive. Snow has delayed it. There are some Easton's now going in the 550 range.
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Heck, when we were kids, our parents probably didn't even come to half our games, and they were darn sure never at a practice.. Dang. I can't remember my parents ever NOT being there. I'm trying to give the same support for my kids. And...I just ordered a 2015 DeMarini Voodoo Overlord. CD. Same here CD..My parents were always heavily involved in my sports and dad always helped coach. Y'all STILL act like you don't have a clue what I'm talking about??? Let me try to repeat this again: This is NOT an issue of being a good parent, or not--I do not say nor believe that you are a good or bad parent if you never miss or always miss. This is NOT even an issue about youth sports. This IS me making an observation that I've never seen anything captivate such a huge percentage of whole communities (the kids, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends), for anywhere from 7 to 10 months of the year (some 12 months). Entire businesses have been created around it, and those businesses are exploding. Social media is growing more and more exclusively about it. It looks like a huge wave that covers everybody and everything. Only the kids are actually playing the game, but the REALLY INTERESTING THING is how caught up the adults are in it. Now, is this wrong or right? I don't know!!!!...not even trying to say it's either. But I'm shocked that almost nobody else will even agree that what I'm seeing is occuring, and that it is hard to explain the attraction that so many adults have to something they themselves aren't even participating in (especially so many adults who never played it themself). My point about our parents above wasn't to debate what makes a good parent. It was to say that back then (80's) there was a TINY percentage of the community who might have even realized a game was being played. Today is looks like 1/2 of every town is at the field more days of the week than not. There's not a grossly critical accusation made in any of that, but damn y'all are sensitive about it!!!...and that sensitivity and defensiveness just confirms my feelings about the whole matter. It's more than just a hobby when you can't ignore criticism. For the record, DeMarini makes one heckuva bat, and YES it makes a difference (even in younger players). Happy now?? I see where you are coming from. My son played travel ball for 6 years and in our travels you could see both ends of the spectrum from all out vulgar displays of vicarious living through the kids to parents wanting their child to play better competition in order to elevate their game.I agree that DeMarini makes a fine product,but I always waited for the clearance sale on justbats,baseballexpress ect... I have seen it alot and seen it pay off for kids and seen it not pay off. And I agree that some parent live through there kids. But you also have to think, maybe that is all they are into. They don't do the outdoor thing, other sports, heck, some don't even do church. That is a little more puzzling to me as when I lived in Huntsville, I would drive by the ball fields out in the chase area and they were playing ball on Sunday. Travel ball and high school ball is taken off since I graduated 15 years ago. And I played at a school that won a lot of baseball games. Times have defiantly changed. I hope my son and daughter tries out sports and sticks with one but they will defiantly spending time outdoors doing things.
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I was taught to put the ball where they ain't. Bat doesn't matter as much as the batter.
“It’s enough to make a man feel sour. Burning minutes every day by the hour. Just to end up gone like everything else.”
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Get em on the roids, that'll help more than a $300 bat. 
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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