An identifier of high quality, durable wood baseball bats is whether or not they come bone rubbed. read more
You may have seen a bone in an MLB dugout or heard one of your favorite players talk about boning their bat. Boning wood bats has been around for a long time and for a good reason. Boning helps harden the barrel, smooth it out, and compresses it for a more dense piece of wood. read more
Also, bat handles of most bats were thicker. There were still some thin handled bats (i.e. The Al Kaline Model of Louisville Slugger), but most bat handles even for Little League were thicker than the bats used by Major League players today. Then metal bats came into use in amateur baseball. read more
That's why players want bats that feel and sound right. That idea is pretty much shared wherever people play baseball, from the major leagues down to high school ball. Curtis Granderson, an outfielder for the New York Mets, started using Louisville Slugger bats when he was in high school. read more