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Easton's Prominence in Baseball

by Joe Rodgers

Easton has been on the forefront of many enhancements on sporting equipment technology. It is a company that began late in the 1930's by Doug Easton initially because of his interests in crafting better quality arrows using aluminum that would improve traditional archery. Easton has emerged itself as a leader in making sporting goods because of their advances in the use of aluminum and that has carried into many sports such as baseball, softball, hockey and biking over the last 50 years, all while standing behind the quality of what they put into the market.

Years later, Easton dove into creating baseball bats and was recognized for their innovative aluminum baseball bats, a design that was introduced in the early 1970's. They have been the first to advance in new technologies every step of the way throughout the evolution of aluminum baseball bats. Easton baseball bat developers have lead the way in producing baseball bats out of new lighter weight and more durable metals such as scandium and titanium for increased performance as well as using composite metals that are state-of-the-art as of now. Easton also had a hand in introducing multi-wall technology which adds to the overall area and responsiveness of the 'sweet spot' on the barrel. Easton now produces a triple-wall bat known as the 'tri-shell' design and is the only bat making company to use this technology. They were the first to introduce a two-part baseball bat when they started producing their 'Connexion' series, which gives flexibility to the bat for increased power. Easton baseball bats are setting trends for other bat making companies today.

Easton now produces many models of aluminum baseball bats to guarantee that there is a bat out there to meet an individual's specific needs. They have youth, high-school, and collegiate certified baseball bats as well as an adult line. Easton baseball bat reviews are always more than satisfactory and the improvements on their products are made to improve your game.

Joe Rodgers teaches fundamentals to increase bat speed and reaction time at the plate.

Published March 23rd, 2008

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