DEMARINI CF8 vs. EASTON REDLINE | Featuring ex-MLB Player ERIC BYRNES (new exit velo PR!!!)

Today the Bat Bros are joined by Eric Byrnes to see how the GOATED Easton Redline from 1998 (when Eric played in college) stacks up against the GOAT of the modern era: the brother of the Green Zen... the 2016 DeMarini CF8 -5!
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[@Dr.MalcomsBrokenLeg]

That was awesome! So fun. So, hot take. Travel ball should definitely just use Alloy USSSA bats, no composites. Because of the points Eric brought up and I have been saying that for a long time now with those composite travel bats. Plus, the inflated costs of composite USSSA bats is insane and they are not durable at all. It's nuts.

[@KenGaska]

Yeah but some dads will be all butt hurt when jr can't mis-hit home runs anymore.

[@justindunn7467]

Yup, since the transition to USABat for little league, USSSA literally exists just for travel ball tournaments/showcases. My son's travel ball league (USABL) actually requires USA too and doesn't allow USSSA. He only has a USSSA bat for the odd non-league tournament our team will play.

[@manybogeys3450]

@@KenGaska 100% agree. 60/90/BBCOR transition is the great equalizer.

[@Dr.MalcomsBrokenLeg]

@@justindunn7467 I think the USSSA Alloy bats are hot enough compared to all USA bats. Still plenty of options, you can actually hear foul tips with alloy and they are cheaper and more durable. Better barrel profile for realistic understanding of your swing and where it is at and what needs work.

[@VidaBlue317]

I don't think that Redline was the hottest bat of the late '90s, but I could be wrong. Easton and Louisville Slugger had a lot of -5 contenders: Reflex Extended, Z-Core, white TPX... The trampoline effect of those thin-walled bats probably killed some people - my college roommate had to get reconstructive surgery after taking a missile straight to the face.

[@tyiscool_1075]

I love Eric’s energy, absolute legend

[@tredogzs]

Will batting with Ultimate Warrior from WWF today.

[@tyiscool_1075]

@@tredogzs fr lol

[@danielcalvert2700]

just the cheering and the "CYUH!" made this so fun to watch

[@Flozaa2]

His janitor throw and his running into the water coolers at home on MLB Network was one of the best things to ever witness.

[@eb_tigers0775]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4vHp2CKqc6Aock

[@ninja_adw]

You're getting former big leaguers now?! That's sick!!

[@tredogzs]

And former WWF legends the Ultimate Warrior!

[@loudoo8582]

Love this angle for new vids

[@Ian-yf1rl]

Former MLBers are looking for him.

[@Veganerd_]

Ninja Adw, he's had Adley Rutschman on here, too. lol

[@ninja_adw]

@@Veganerd_ he wasn’t in the mlb at the time, only the minors

[@d3vast8n]

Bam-bam stick is really a confidence builder for kids. Like Eric hit on, reality will catch up with those kids. Eric Byrnes is the man! Way to bring it and represent!

[@sirmonkey1985]

Always wondered what happened to Byrnes. Was a huge fan when he was on the A's.

[@Scrunchychingo]

Byrnsy is more shredded than in his playing days. Legend!

[@jeffbilling2515]

I was thinking the same thing. He's not too much bigger but he is extremely lean

[@mlangham179]

Just put a huge smile on my face! Dude is doing big things for baseball with the Bananas! Great to see ex-pros that are fans of your channel! Keep up the energy and the great content.

[@ProdByBrando17]

God to can’t get over how gorgeous that field is. Literally if I had to choose a stadium to play in it’s that one

[@johnwanderin3872]

Byrnes has always been of my favorites. Got to see him and a lot of other great players come up playing for the River Cats when I was growing up.

[@scasper1010]

Eric Byrnes what a throwback….also that dude is jacked

[@colemantovani7394]

I attended a baseball camp a few years ago while I was on a college visit there. You're on the mark 100%. Pictures and video don't do this field justice. It's so amazing.

[@MrJesus100]

I love that redline. I had it throughout highschool from 2001-2005. Best bat during that time

[@spike6385]

i wanna see you guys get giancarlo stanton to swing one of these bats and see a 130 mph exit velo lol

[@jaxonolive7540]

That would be insane

[@js1031]

Better idea. Only for the Derby, everyone metal bats. Think about it for last year. Coors Field, no humidor, metal bats. Let's truly see how far a human being can hit a baseball.

[@TheFirst_No_L]

One of the best catches in baseball history. Full out Superman dive

[@iizbadazz111]

Seeing my favorite A's player growing up still hit absolute tanks to this day is exactly what I needed in my life right now! Byrnsy you're awesome! never change!

[@206Dread_]

Completely agree with the thoughts on the USSSA bats as a high school player now when I was 10-13 using bats like the mako beast and the green zen hitting between 10-15 home runs a season then swinging bbcor and wood for the first time was a eye opener became much more or a contact doubles singles player wish I would’ve switched earlier

[@bonquavious6391]

It’s crazy how big of a difference it is between the -3’s and -5’s. The furthest ball i hit with bbcor was 325 and the next tournament I used the cf8 and hit one 380😂😂

[@KenGaska]

BBCOR is deliberately tuned down vs Utrip bats. BBcor is like USA in that they're supposed to be equivalent to wood. Utrip bats are light sabers in comparison.

[@CaponeCraps]

Trufff

[@330wiz7]

What he said abt Adley is spot on. Dude was hitting nukes with the green zen right handed. He switches to left breaks out the wood and is hitting bombs that don't even seem real. Ppl don't realize how hard it is to hit with wood. Just go to how talented he and you guys are. Keep grindin

[@jesusfamilyoutdoors1554]

I don’t even know mlb like that and can tell this guy is a LEGEND. Good vibes brother. Still having a blast cranking baseballs

[@JTM1987]

I was 13 in the year 2000 when I had a -5 Easton Redline and my god that bat was incredible.. I’ve hit my furthers HR’s with that bat and even just the sound of that ball hitting off the bat was epic

[@jacksonp24]

I hit with the CF7 but i think it’s the same thing. It is very good. You guys should swing it. I like it better than the green zen

[@SpecklebellyHQ]

found an XL2 Easton 32" 24oz on ebay in great shape for $24 shipped. got my 12 year old boy a Metal 2 Pro after your reviews and he hit the best this summer as his ever has. thanks for all the content. love learning and watching. eric has great energy.

[@ejbanks2001]

1998 Hish School team bat senior year was the Redline! SICK!!!!!

[@ded_zone9651]

Dude you need to get your hands on the demarini mashup hits great

[@Sedona_Cosplay]

Eric Byrnes!!! One of my favorite dbacks of all time!!!!

[@judecarpenter2990]

Man dude i must say i remember him when Byrnesy played with Eric Chavez and Miguel Tejada. And that field dude. Gorgeous

[@mrsain19]

Byrnes is right though. In ball, but esp in little league summer ball......when you are on.....you are ON. And in the field too. It's a very electric feeling. Truth be told I don't recall ever having a slump in the summer. When it's summer and school is out and you are just being a kid and enjoying summer.....you can't help but to ball out. Stress free and fun with your friends.

[@yycats1695]

man I really liked the redline I use to use but my Louisville slugger omaha gold was what I loved to use. still have it to this day. it still blast them.

[@kevinfox1008]

This whole video was hysterical and l love Eric's energy absolute legend!!

[@ryananthony2296]

I graduated high school in 99. Used the reflex c-core.. after that broke went to the redline c-core. Broke 2 of those playing American legion. College had already adopted the minus 3 by my freshman year. At 6’5 235 I swung a 34/29 and man did balls launch off those things. I am surprised you guys are finding examples still intact. I still have all mine in the attic but as I said they are all broken.

[@Chad_Cave]

The redline is absolutely my favorite sounding bat. It just sounds like murder when you hit the ball right.

[@FalseChipmunk52]

I wish you could find highlights of Joe Carter’s (Blue Jays Joe Carter) Larry Carter. My dad played slow pitch softball with him. I would see him routinely hit softballs over the lights in center field, I think dead center was 340. It was amazing to see. He even made sportscenter when Joe was in the all star game, he hit a softball to the 3rd deck at Three Rivers Stadium. I cannot imagine what he would do with a Redline.

[@Colin96]

You should do a comparison between the Stringking 2 vs Stringking 2 pro to see if the $40 difference is worth it.

[@baseballbatbros]

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[@Randy-gy6uw]

This channel has come so far from wills kitchen to mlb players love it

[@ghummel9338]

You guys should try the cf7 drop five. I have and have had the green goat and the cf8 and in my opinion the cf7 is better. It is the same barrel as both of them but more balanced and a bit lighter. I would really enjoy a video on that.

[@JJKoller2027]

Let’s go! Eric Byrnes is awesome! Great video

[@patrickd5125]

Eric reminds me of Brett Phillips, just a guy trying to have fun playing baseball. Legendary

[@colemanwagner4522]

We need a cf8 vs green zen

[@idkbro8470]

The Mad Man himself, Eric Byrnes.

[@Dsorg28]

YOU NEED TO DO MORE OF THESE VIDEOS USING COMP BATS, i always rewatch the video of you guys using the orange easton xl1

[@dylanahlberg2054]

Yes the CF8 makes an appearance. The glowstick CF8 is the Goat of bats IMO even over the Zen and redline and all the juiced 90s bats

[@ffstone77ify]

Eddie Furniss used the old EA70 Gold and Maroon edition.

[@brycehanks7326]

Cf8 is the goat bat I used it before high school and it broke on me but it’s so legendary I still have it

[@itzcheater5686]

im so glad i grew up playing with the super hot bat era, I loved my 1st gen EXO grid. def made you a better fielder

[@Klocks420]

Byrnsie is such a f*cking legend, man!!! Great vid as always.

[@hachimadrigal9111]

Been watching you guys since like 10,000 subscribers love all your videos! Keep it up

[@pizzasmasher5143]

Eric is hype af😂love it

[@sportshighlightsjg9474]

When i started bbcor after i played utrip bats for years with cfs and makos i was shocked at how hard it was to swing a real baseball bat

[@jaxl7668]

Finally the cf-8. It’s better than the green goat

[@DrunkDrynasty]

That was super fun to watch, that Eric dude is a freakin LEGEND! And he’s the head coach for my SAV Bananas? That’s wild..

[@Slippindisc]

Byrnes just attacks the ball. Fun to watch

[@kenny3915]

As a 90s kid from Louisiana watching those LSU Gorilla Ball teams absolutely destroy baseballs were the highlights of my summers.

[@adanreyes7952]

these guys have such majestic swings it’s insane

[@stratzy8865]

Awesome video! I enjoyed seeing your reactions after every hit with the CF8 LOL. If you were to swing the all green CF8 32in -10 I think you actually might never touch any other bat again tho haha. It makes the pop of the cf8 -5 and zen -5 feel like a BBCORE. The Green CF8 is the true SLEEPER!

[@williambilinski]

What a blast to watch!

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

Still in love with my 1997 C405 green TPX

[@ig_a_rogerss23]

The pop on that thing is retarded

[@brianthompson9136]

The TPS Air Attack 2 should be in this matchup! Struck fear in the hearts of 3rd basemen

[@darrylcline2083]

I hit with an Air Attack 2 now and it's not as hot as the Demarini Composites or the XL1. It's my favorite bat for an alloy.

[@Tevatron044]

Air Attacks were very fragile and lost a lot of their pop if the bladder popped. After 20 years, they pretty much are all popped, but back in the day, if you could get a good swing off a first hack, I'd challenge any bat to hit it farther

[@FOCVS-music]

8:54 bro literally smashed that

[@charlesrocks]

YES!!! JUICED BATS EDITION!!!

[@raderfelumlee3999]

“I played as this guy in video games” lmao so relatable

[@brianbecher5781]

There's something different about "Eric energy"! Need to get Byrnes and Sim on a video together! #mightbreaktheinternet

[@jlaws7614]

Need some Domingo Ayala too. AYEEEE!

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

I remember Byrnes. He was solid.

[@mpireone]

There's one similarity with me and Eric... Eric's friggin forearms looks like my leg

[@maxpauli4057]

His swing is so entertaining to watch love his energy u gotta do more vids with him

[@n2deeponenation416]

Dude this is amazing. All your videos are awesome but this one is one of my favorites

[@J.C...]

Man I played from 96-99 so I have no idea how those old bat's compare. My last was a -5 TPX BB1. Black & Green. C405 Plus Alloy. Those were the days before bats were regulated much at all.

[@MM7productions7]

Can you please review the new 2023 CF!

[@rickneece7554]

Would love to see more guys with that energy in the game. Great video!🇺🇸

[@no_regerts5176]

There’s always meth…

[@themichiganhunter7466]

You guys should do the 2008 demarini cf3

[@Jacobiscool356]

He’s so energetic and entertaining

[@HughsReviews]

I love my C-Core bats when I played in the 90’s

[@josephgoodwin5760]

gotta review the gold titanium z core. eric byrnes is the man just 48 and still dropping nukes

[@osiriskaonexmanceboalmon7468]

Legend in the Dominican winter league 🇩🇴 licey papa

[@5.7.0bassin2]

I had that same redline bat for little league I loved that bat

[@pepepepert]

The redline had a comp inner sleeve. They were nuts in softball as well and still know guys who swing them instead of the new bats.

[@yellowsnowman9157]

Easton Redline is and will always be the GOAT bat

[@blainegonzalez1399]

Love Byrnes, dude has amazing energy. Would love to see Mike Napoli on this!

[@bryanm798]

You guys need to review the Original Easton Zcore Sc500 Connection(1st 2 piece bat) or the Connection 2 that was a yellowish golden color if I remember correctly. Both of those bats were amazing

[@JV-df9em]

That field is absolutely stunning

[@Eman1900O]

Why? It’s fake

[@califinn]

Hearing the crack of that Redline brings back a lot of great memories. Make 1998 Great Again, haha

[@Danofsteppa]

That cf8 is the 2nd hottest bat of my generation behind the xl1 on god

[@mikejames4985]

Huge athletics fan. Loved when EB was there

[@delcy28]

Burnsy is such a nut! I love it!

[@johnfitsch7781]

He’s legit a huge fan that’s so cool.

[@jasonperkins1654]

I never used the demarini but I had a redline for years and used it until I split the end to the cap and we were still hitting bombs with it

[@JasMaceExperience]

You guys should do more of these old vs new bats.. and with the softball bats as well

[@stevenwalker9013]

Byrnsy was always a hustle/high energy player. Solid pro player, that hit for a great average in his prime yrs

[@Bill_8864]

CF8 sounds like a tennis racket hitting a tennis ball with that "POP" !

[@landonasx]

What do you think is better for a contact hitter the 2022 demarini voodo one or the 2021 LV meta bothe -3 bbcor

[@RealAquaticRyan]

Metas have larger sweet spots so it’s easier to barrel balls up, however they are composite so they will need to be broken in to be anywhere close to the voodoo in terms of exit velo. Meta is also pretty expensive and the voodoo breaks often. For pure contact I think I would go meta but both are great

[@squalzz4088]

LIVING LEGEND!!!!

[@andyford3801]

I love the point of view on new bats. I’ve been saying for quite a few years that the new bats are making a lot of BAD contact look good. When they get to high school they flop as hitters.

[@aidenboileau5078]

Will needs to play for the Bananas. Love Eric’s energy. Y’all should swing and Eric Byrnes wood model

[@zekers27]

Another banger!

[@Ireland831]

I loved when Burns was on the A's. I believe Eric played in the same SJMSBL league I played in, (he was a number of years after me). I used a -5 Easton ZCore Redline with the Sc500 Scanadium Alloy on my MSBL team. I fielded some line drives at 2nd base hit by some former MLB, minor league and Div1 players in that league that tore my arm off. Now with people measuring exit velocities, I am sure some of those balls were 105+ I still have that bat, too!!! I let some kids on my son's PONY team hit with it at practice and they were shocked at how hot it was. 2 3/4" barrel with trampoline..LOL Yikes.

[@MrCruelsafix]

Byrne's a legend

[@_backyard_wiffleball_5464]

Do a video of the DeMarini CF 8 VS the DeMarini Green Zen

[@EggClimDumbo1282]

now to try the cf7 drop 5

[@twitchsparky7699]

I just found a redline in my attic about 2 weeks ago 😂😂 now I understand why my 5,7 catcher dad played collage baseball

[@CooperBurrington34]

bro was my favorite player as a kid

[@youbikewithatube]

He’s like the Hulk Hogan of baseball’s past