Hitting with a high school baseball bat from 1997

[@KingofJUCO]

Let’s hit together with this bat.

[@jtbatbro]

Eric

[@ericcha5400]

Simmmmm

[@seanhickey7881]

HELL YES

[@um8064]

LFG

[@wyattdavisbaseball383]

The collab of the century

[@jason21nl]

I'm 42 and graduated HS in 97. This brought a tear to my eye

[@OMarcLewis]

Same

[@charleskemp1256]

Same here! Used this bat in the -4 ratio my senior year of HS through my Freshman year of college. I retired it with 3 cracks. Still had a ton of pop with the cracks. It’s in my attic.

[@joeg5414]

I'm 38 and graduated in 2001, remember these bats well

[@Silkyl5]

How bout when he said it was his “dad’s bat” 😂

[@archie_ryan3]

@@Silkyl5 ugh.. that hurt my soul .

[@patrickturner270]

Graduated HS in '02. The speed of the ground balls and liners in the late 90s were intense.

[@soonermagic24]

Your moms speed was intense

[@izai.]

@@soonermagic24 your mom!

[@jacksonsinclair2615]

Yah there was excellent crank at my high school to

[@bryancorts5389]

I loved it! Vacuum at shortstop!

[@big_johnward]

The OG green Omaha was the illest but anything -5 back then was nasty.

[@jPross29]

“And then they went to BBCOR and nobody has fun anymore.” 🤣

[@gsteketee]

Except the parents of pitchers. ;-) Been in those shoes.

[@atwoo155]

These TPX and REDLINE bats were the reason for the bat standards we have now.

[@s.marshian8455]

@@atwoo155 loved the platinum and Easton z-core

[@ronsliwinski]

I am 43 and graduated in 1995, coached high school through 2016. Saw the complete evolution of the juiced, fat barrel, drop 5s, all the way to the "is this thing dead out of the wrapper" BBCOR.

[@1VC4U]

Everybody had to have a TPX, these were the heat back in the day

[@nastynate9496]

I begged my mom for a tpx. Never got one. When looking for bats for my 10yo I was upset the tpx wasn’t still a thing. Lol

[@TrumpsEarBandage]

Nah, redline was the bat to have

[@crimsontide1980]

@@nastynate9496 that makes me sad.......I haven't looked at baseball equipment in God knows how long, other than to find my now 13 year old son a glove, hoping he would fall in love with baseball the way I did at his age. I don't think thay glove has moved in 5 years, probably still ain't broken in. I threw with him maybe 3 or 4 times and I got tired of begging him to go outside and have a catch with me. When I was his age I would have killed to have my dad ask me to throw around a baseball.

[@nastynate9496]

@@crimsontide1980 I hear you there. I grew up without a dad as well. My son loves baseball and sometimes me trying to help him certainly creates friction between us. But I love just throwing with him. Though his arm is stronger then mine at this point. Lol. But throwing him bp and hitting him balls is the highlight of my days. Definitely

[@christianleber3395]

Easton Black Magic from the early 90’s is the only bat that comes to mind.

[@ad5jw528]

Yep. Loved that bat.

[@larrylaborde3872]

Everyone in the lineup would use the rich kids Black Magic!

[@jasonglessner1932]

I swung one of those 😄🤣👍

[@Justins00ss]

Yup! Had a black magic from Easton. Bat was awesome

[@jessegagnon2315]

Mine's still in my bag & I'm 30 now. Good luck charm LOL

[@TheSharter]

My freshman year of college (97) I had(still have) a Reflex Gold. Thing hit bombs.

[@HennesseyOG]

Duddddeeeee I had the 34-31, and that thing ripped

[@michaeladams4381]

Yea reflex gold were insane ball exploded off the barrel

[@ajacks8007]

I had the reflex extended

[@brentguidry833]

Same here my kid tried using it at school practice they laughed at first then when his first swing went into the crawfish pond atleast 390 from home they shut it down quick lmao

[@javieralberty3693]

Me too! Actually went to the cages today with it. Had no idea bats have changed so much till I saw this video

[@R3_pod]

Oh man. It happened. My old high school bat in a Bat Bros video. I just became 16 again!

[@stnmtnrx8262]

i never knew the sound of a specific bat could bring me back.

[@claygillion4061]

Took me immediately back to 98

[@oyemichavo6]

Dude nothing hits/sounds better than those old aluminum bats. Literally the sound of my childhood

[@EquityCall]

"Clink"

[@brianbecher5781]

"...my dad's bat..." God I feel old now😞 (class of '99)

[@LDM910]

Class of '02

[@073286]

Class of 2000, this and the Easton redline were stupid

[@danhagler9767]

Class of 98 here.. My dad’s bat, lol!!! damn do I feel old.

[@dominicstanziano1456]

@@073286 i got to hit with my friends brothers old redline it was so nice

[@jeremyturgasen4818]

Class of 93. This bat was after my time, but my brother used one his senior year (96)

[@chriswilliams472]

Almost fell out of my chair when I saw this. Im 39 years old and that was my EXACT bat in HS. Absolutely loved it. That green and black was fire. TPXs were the jam back then. Everyone swung them in the 90s. When I got to college they changed the bat regulations from -5 to -3 and it was all down hill from there

[@lonnyyoung4285]

I had a -3 from about 8th grade through high school. I had a 33" 30oz Black Magic. That was about as light as I could go without over swinging. Our team had the 34" 31oz version that I would use on really slow pitcher.

[@joshselkovits466]

I’m also 39 and I slept with my TPX

[@rawli987]

@@lonnyyoung4285 I had a black magic in little league. When I moved up, I had a -5 easton reflex that I only got to use for a season because they changed the rules. So then I ended up with an easton scandium triple 7. Absolutely loved that bat.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

@Lonny Young... If that black magic ur talking about was all black with some blue in the lettering, then i HATED that bat with a passion. Made the shittiest clunk noise

[@rawli987]

@@GeneralBuckNaked that's the one I had lol. I absolutely loved mine.

[@ajdogoldogol2742]

i love how the example for bbcor was the squishy barrel lmaooooo

[@ADgrinds]

😂😭

[@powerpuff471]

Growing up in the late 90s, early 2000s that metallic ding still rings in my head whenever I think about baseball. Even though I never played baseball that sound reminds me of going down to the park with my mom and dad to play and hearing that distinct ding coming from the fields next to the playground.

[@HeyZeus096]

Yeah that "ding" brings me back to little league in the mid/late 00s

[@jameshasenjaeger5181]

I was in HS 96-2000, that TPX batt was the envy of every player, it felt so much better than any other batt at the time.

[@thelastminutegifts]

I'm 38 and thats my bat!!! That is literally the OG of aluminum greatness. Y'all kids don't have it like we did.

[@scottsharp1763]

Yup because they changed the stupid rules and made “new” bats requiring them to use NEW WORTHLESS PIECES OF GARBAGE WHAT A JOKE, REAL BASEBALL DIED IN 1994 period the fuck....today’s game is pathetic glorified fast pitch softball and collegiate baseball is even deader, bats intended.!. Pro sports are unwatchable currently because of such things also there are ZERO men currently being manufactured anywhere in merica, bunch of dead planks of wood....fucking pathetic joke

[@bllarose]

Dude I’m 25 and since I was 6 we used this bat all the way up until we switched to wood. These bats are going no where. Are they legal in college because college players are missing out on TPX for real

[@jayss10]

@@scottsharp1763 I grew up in that era and there was some scary shit being hit by kids that had no business hitting the ball as hard as they were. Alot of kids got hurt and not just pitchers. Those bats were just wicked on anything you were able to turn on. Saw alot of one hop liners go down the third base line and eat the third baseman alive because it had over 100 mph of exit velocity on it.

[@MoarMike]

@@jayss10 Maybe those kids should have had better reflexes or played in the outfield.

[@jamesdeserio6481]

Straight up. She's sitting in my garage. The ball would HAUL off this girl so perfectly it felt unfair half the time. When you'd get that sweet spot , god DAMN. Then I cracked on the last hr I hit with it and from then on she just rings your hands. Wish I could get my hands on one not fcked to live it over again.

[@jasondelre1400]

The Easton Redline -5 from the late 90s early 2000's is the best by far no question.

[@toddchristensen5809]

100% correct. That Redline -5 was straight fire.

[@TheMole1979]

Amen. They would crack a lot though but that was probably because we were hitting it in the cold Utah spring. My buddy got 3 or 4 replaced... ha ha. There was no such thing as getting jammed with a Redline.

[@jtex1013]

Correct. they followed this up with the Z core which was also good, but the grey redline with red letters was the best bat of all time. full stop.

[@nocaster52]

That and those green and gold Worth's

[@resurgentdrum7100]

@@nocaster52 Worth Copperhead. My fav bat ever.

[@SlogginsForever]

So happy to see some old TPX on here. Class of 2000. Didn't have this exact bat but swung others similar.

[@RobStuart]

you need to find an 99 air attack TPX

[@dookiepossum]

That was the one that had the air pocket inside? I had one of those!!! Plus I had the drop 8 red of this bat they’re using!

[@brettottinger6828]

I concur sir! I concur!!!!!

[@RScholl26]

Air Attack and 2001 Easton Redline are hot. I stuck with the bat in the video (33/28), but only because our air attack and redline were 34/31 (drop 3)

[@thomasnew8606]

i still have my air attack and original Easton ccore! awesome

[@RobStuart]

@@thomasnew8606 We used those my freshman year at the University of Utah. Late 90's, trampline bats, mile high altitude... Needles to say, batting practice was a full on home run derby :)

[@J.C...]

Whoa. You guys tested my bat! This is the last bat I bought in high school. It was BADASS. I just asked about this in the last vid I watched. I've been looking for one on ebay to buy since mine was stolen a year after I got it. I, well my mom lol, bought mine in December of 1996. Funniest part about this. I tried to use a senior league version on my little league team and was the only person with a big barrel bat. They wouldn't let me. C405 Plus is the last of no certification.

[@Verlisify]

"Powerized" How exceptionally 90's

[@mmonkeyman1403]

Thats on a lot of bats they make today.

[@Jesus.X]

EXTREME!

[@hedrick5286]

Needs to say “turbo power”

[@Prosecute-fauci]

The MLB was powerized in the 90s too... lots of roids

[@Cwhitworth93]

Power core Dixie youth bats were legendary

[@chase5859]

Yooooo! I had that bat! Always considered it to be the most comfortable bat to hit with. Sound brings back GOOD summer ball memories.

[@matthewplante1746]

Same I used it Fresh, Soph year then moved on to the Air Attacks

[@Yezir760]

Heck yeah

[@UncommonSense83]

You must be in your mid to late 30s lmao

[@matthewplante1746]

@@UncommonSense83 I'm 38, graduated 2000

[@zdthn]

@@matthewplante1746 air attack. That’s what I used to swing. That thing was gas.

[@LDM910]

I swung these type of bats! Much respect for giving us "old folks" some love for the bats we had💯💯

[@e2go]

Grey Easton Redline drop five was the absolute GOAT of bats of the late 90's. Perfectly balanced, felt incredible in your hands. Felt like swinging a wiffle ball bat and ball just took off like a ROCKET off that thing. Unbelievable!

[@madd0g1539]

No truer words have been spoken. Grey Easton is the greatest bat from the HOT BAT era. Right up there with the early 2000s CONNEXTIONS

[@josephavant8700]

REDLINE 4 LIFE

[@AZCougarsFootball]

The early grey Sc500 Connexion bat was an absolute GOAT bat. It was a trampoline.

[@andrewcarroll1910]

I hated the sound and feel of that bat, but you're right about the ball shooting off those bats.

[@sdquam]

I was hitting mine from high school last night!! Class of 2000

[@NinjaMaiku]

Dude! The nostalgia overload! I stopped playing in 99 when I moved to the UK from South Africa and there was no baseball here. I wished so badly to have this bat as a few guys in my team had this along with TPX Gold which was a LE IIRC. The ball would stay hit if you got it on the sweet spot and that ding could be heard half a mile away easy.

[@justinramirez6144]

The tpx air attack 2 was straight fire!!!

[@chrismitchell304]

I had 1 2 and 3 those air attacks were so good

[@justinramirez6144]

@@chrismitchell304 i also had an original green tpx omaha that was lights out too,the tpx c405 days were a great time to play ball through.

[@nike8150]

Oh yea...the Air Attack with that air bladder. God I forgot about that one. 😂

[@ra3975]

yah those were gas, until they broke, which was very often.

[@nike8150]

@@ra3975 yea wasn’t a fan of the air attack. I stuck with the redline senior year. Used the white barrel TPX with a red & blue TPX label junior year.

[@JSonder143]

I had this bat freshman year 1997. IMO it and the Easton redline were the bats of the day.

[@Petermanchannel9]

I had a redline that thing was a nuke machine!

[@andyvasquez8785]

Easton Z"-core redline.

[@softwhiteund3rarm0r]

Yeah i had one of those. My mom worked at a chiropractic clinic and i did some weeding and outside work. Got paid with a brand new bat.

[@beaumetcalf7152]

I graduated in 96. Those C405 material bats were the real deal. I scanned through a few comments and one bat I hadn’t seen mentioned that I might have missed was Worth made a bat called Copperhead. 2 of the longest hit balls I ever saw hit were with those things. Personally I loved the Easton Reflex!

[@Northeastbaseball]

I remember the Copperheads growing up in the late 90's. TPX was the move....

[@J.C...]

BB1 IS KING, SON! There's a Coperhead bat from around the same time that was amazing too. I forget who made it.

[@thesigmagoon]

I’m so happy that baseball is back

[@UncommonSense83]

Louisville put this out and took peoples souls , Easton countered with the Redline series , and things were never the same

[@McFish_Snatcher]

The redline and the gold connection!!

[@pkt976]

C-core,redline, z-core,z2k were the best bats. Carbon inner sleeves were the difference.

[@ryanh6309]

@@pkt976 Man I got a 33-30 C-Core in my garage from like 97', think its worth anything?

[@pkt976]

@@ryanh6309 possibly. I have a 33" 28oz redline i used in college. Offered to ship it in to the Bros. The only bat i know of that gained value is the Worth PST slowpitch bat. Things were nearly indestructible with a titanium barrel. Lot of slowpitch leagues in the northeast are still non composite. Seen them listed for $700 on Ebay for the red handled one.

[@christophermoore64]

Man I forgot about the c-core, we always had a few redlines and z-cores on the teams I played on.

[@guydippy09]

That iconic clip of JT with the squishy barrel. 😂

[@jtbatbro]

I hate that stupid thing

[@thedevbros8941]

@@jtbatbro HAHA 😂

[@guydippy09]

@@jtbatbro Lol

[@JonHop1]

True Story... We had a Exhibition match at Veterans Stadium in Philly(1998) for our Archdiocese for an All-star match.. At 15 years old I hit the ball 420 ft dead center with my drop 5 c405.. Was probably the best hit of my career, and I don't think I hit a ball Further until my Freshman year in College. Those bats were insane. I played catcher as well and the the foul tips off these bats were straight up scary. I felt bad for infielders as well. The ball just came off these bats so hard.

[@DantePowell]

god that sound. the feel when you would get one in the sweet part. brings back memories.

[@GuyCalledNate]

Let’s go full “old school” hit with the Easton Reflex C Core, Easton Redline and TPX Air Attack 2.

[@inflameslp311]

I’ve got a 32/27 Reflex C-Core circa 1999. Haven’t swung it since high school but it was about my favorite sound when a ball was barreled up.

[@pkt976]

Air Attack was garbage.

[@inflameslp311]

@@pkt976 yup mine broke within several months and I was not even a power hitter.

[@rennerca1]

Redline +1

[@svutility1]

Air Attack 2 was so hot

[@Snags70]

The Omaha Gold was so good back in the day! I had a drop 3 that was just sick.

[@seanyals401]

I had the gold and the scandium drop 3s, the ball would jump off the bat

[@xReclaimer34x]

Oh man the Omaha gold then the Omaha classic 👌 top of the top tier.

[@jkidd7608]

Omaha Gold. What a bat!

[@jakesmall3454]

@@xReclaimer34x man this comment sent me down memory lane lol

[@brucemistler1126]

The Easton redline is the goat of the late 90s

[@drewsut6101]

1000% the grey Redline was the Goat

[@epic_clint]

Yup the Redlines and Air Attacks were what everyone was rocking back in the day

[@califinn]

Redline was definitely my gamer, rocked the 34, and customized the grip, super thin, whipped like a tennis racket, huge bombs and doubles on mishits.

[@jlaws7614]

Easton Redline was a goddamn rocket launcher.

[@4HorsemenDiscGolf]

Still have my Redline Z-Core from 98, still just as hot.

[@JJackMoto]

I have that exact TPX -5 in 32", got it for my 16th bday in May '98. It was an absolute killer bat in the late 90's. Nostalgia overload right there.

[@jaredr991]

Had a 33” 28oz Easton C CORE Reflex that had crazy pop. Silver Redline and black ZCore did too but the C CORE Reflex was crazy.

[@prometheusfallen]

Easton Black Magic from the late 80s to early 90s is what I used. 35", 32oz. Massive!

[@davidrosenzweig1380]

now thats a fucking bat

[@prometheusfallen]

@@davidrosenzweig1380 yer damn right it was! Handle was the thickness of a phone pole, and if you could bring that beast through the zone fast enough to feel the breeze, you could flat SEND a ball!

[@davidrosenzweig1380]

@@prometheusfallen Black Magics were legendary i used a Louisville slugger big hammer in the 90s 34" 30 oz around the time all the crazy 20oz shit came out

[@davidrosenzweig1380]

line drives aint what they used to be 😂😂😂

[@prometheusfallen]

@@davidrosenzweig1380 facts! 😂 I like the LS stuff back in the day, too. I used one while I was waiting on a new Black Magic to deliver, and I was impressed! Much thinner handle. Swung like a toothpick in comparison to my telephone pole. 😂

[@baseballsoftballdubai7254]

That’s what I’m talking about ! This TPX , Easton Reflex extended -5 and Easton Redline C-core -5 were the best ones !

[@michaelkirk4110]

I swear the best intro "I don't know what we're swinging today." 😂

[@TheKSchoch]

Had this back in the 90s. Was a monster. I think i still have it kicking around somewhere.

[@heathd1852]

Class of 95’. We were swinging the TPX back then too. Awesome video, takes me back. Thank you

[@michaelkitzinger5046]

98 Easton Redline or any of the Louisville TPX Air Attack bats

[@corymiles3860]

the air attacks were my shit. i wonder if you can still find one that isnt dead

[@RollTideRoll_GSP]

I don’t see how anyone could go against a Easton Redline. Those bats were so good either our entire starting lineup hit a bomb my Senior year or 8 of the 9 starters went deep. Including myself, and I was the lead off batter known for speed and definitely not known for hitting deep fly balls. I hit line drives, was really good at drag bunts, and was never bad about flying out. I also hit lots ground balls which played right into my game because I could beat out many ground balls for infield hits. But for me to hit a bomb weighing like 135-140, even though was strong for my size and played QB in football, however without that Easton Redline I doubt I would have ever went deep. Our team loved those bats far more than any other bats available from 98-2000. Put it this way, my Junior year, my batting average was .429 and won me the batting award for our team. I think much of the success could be contributed to the Easton Redline. Not to mention as a team my Junior and Senior season, we must of hit close to 50 HRs in a 25-30 game season.

[@john-mf6jo]

Graduated high school in 2000 and used the reflex extended 33/28. Still got it.

[@heslind]

Man I remember when the Easton redline bats came out in the late 90’s. Incredible at the time.

[@seanorourke534]

I played with that bat. It was a great bat. Not sure what they have today, but I can't imagine they get much better.

[@justincannon620]

Was a freshman in 02 the school still had one of these. I had an Easton ZCore and Omaha Gold. 34/29 -5.... Brought back the memories with this. Thx

[@js1031]

I lost it at Aluminum Power. Imagine if guys could use that IRL. I want to see Aaron Judge hit a 1500ft+ HR. That would be the single greatest thing I've ever seen.

[@LUCKIPUP]

judge can hit 130 exit velo easy w that thing holy shit

[@LUCKIPUP]

realistically judge could be hitting 550 ft almost 600ft bombs if not longer

[@ebogar42]

It would never happen and he did hit with one. What do you think they use before the major leagues and he wasn't hitting anywhere close to 500 feet and neither are these guys who are just guessing probably not even close to 400 feet like they said.

[@js1031]

@@ebogar42 It's a Backyard Baseball reference. Probably before your time.

[@ebogar42]

@@js1031 More like after my time. I didn't play that. I was pretty old when it came out.

[@Silkyl5]

I graduated in 98 and I pitched against dudes that swung these. So scary now that I’m old. Hitting with these was fun though. Especially that Easton Redline.

[@Istaychiseled]

My Easton redline 32/27 -5 had me looking like a 6’1” 145 lbs 14 yr old freshman Gawd!! The Konami cheat code of bats!!

[@Silkyl5]

@@Istaychiseled Yes! Mad props for taking me back the “Konami cheat code” 😂

[@RayBlack321]

I had that exact bat. Favorite color scheme I had. I don’t know how I came across this channel but the Redline Z-Core was my sh*t!!

[@MyYTaccountName]

The redline z core and redline c core were my two favorites. They hit bombs.

[@TheDoozie43]

I’m 43 and used that same bat in high school. Also another tpx that was black, silver and gold. And of course the black magic. Love it!

[@JasonBrinkley87]

I graduated in 05 an we used that bat an tpx yellow an black omaha an connextion. If you played third base you were a beast to stop shots from these type of bats. Loved every min of it! Wish I could go bck

[@katiecard2421]

In the mid 90's we used to use the white ceramic easton.

[@Ian-yf1rl]

That was a fire stick.

[@cyclone90207]

I had the light grey ones. I shattered one of them and shorty after they were illegal.

[@RollTideRoll_GSP]

Yea, they didn’t compare to the Easton Redlines that came out around ‘98.

[@rjvsmb]

Yes, us old-timers timers who played High School baseball in the 80s, and Senior League in the 90s had some awesome bats to swing. Easton was just making these unbelievable bats because there were no rules. I think it was because of the REDLINE C-CORE people started taking a look at how hot the bats were and started working rules for bats.

[@Rockyinlp]

That C-Core was so dirty. Just had to barrel it up and you'd go yard no problem.

[@nike8150]

The composites is where the NCAA stepped in. That Easton Stealth Comp bat from 07-09’ years was insane.

[@tso8174]

The old redlines were the best bats in my day. They hit bombs.

[@bob-a-louannamaria7960]

Nah I swung redlines and these TPX’s were hotter

[@joshm8015]

These bats were made with super strong aluminum alloys designed to produce a "trampoline" effect on the baseball. The Easton ZCORE Sc500 Alloy was the bat - we clocked a high school kid w/a 100+ mph line drive with one of those once. Crazy.

[@stevemiller8040]

You nailed the years! Our team nick named our's PSD, as the power stroke diesel was all the rage out here in the sticks! I sucked and still dropped a bomb with PSD. Thanks for the memories

[@nicb.1411]

90s was just an amazing decade. Then afterwards everything turned to poo.

[@hawk1093]

best single decade in human history.

[@aidan9]

Nah you were just a kid then lol

[@MustbeJoe]

Do I smell a 90's and 00's bat madness coming on?

[@b1gt3rr0r5]

So you're telling me all of us guys in our 30s-40s that thought we were mac daddy's just had juices bats???😪😢

[@mikelliteras397]

Pretty much, I’m 54 and my bats in the late 80’s to early 90’s were better. For every one I could hit with wood, I’d hit 10 with these. All the same, just the scale has an extra zero in it😳

[@gearjammergamer8560]

HAHA I had no idea I was cheating in high school. Everyone had those bats.

[@davidloganguest9662]

@@gearjammergamer8560 We weren't cheating, we were just using the technology of the time! We were just unaware of the dangers faced in the field, I know I took a few hard shots of the chest that I couldn't move fast enough to catch, but still stayed with it to throw it out. Its just what we did before everyone wanted to play like Willy Mayes-Hayes from Major League.

[@gearjammergamer8560]

@@davidloganguest9662 Had my thumb dislocated by a liner. I know what your saying

[@ChicanoOne760]

It was the bat

[@M3TaGh0sStT]

We couldn't use thick barrel bats until babe ruth (13+) normally but I was able to start using bats like these esp the Z CORE around 1999 when I played travel ball in other states. That bat changed my life. My favorite thing was batting practice because these bats were so comfortable to hit with and the pop on some were insane. When you hit the ball cleanly you didnt even feel feel it connect it was so smooth. As early as 13 I would go other states and see bigger kids hit SHOTS with bats like these. I still remember the cracking sound you'd get when somebody would nail it.

[@TheJ13head]

This was my first “big barrel” bat. I got -7 back in ‘01 when I was 8. Pops took me to a local sporting good store and got it for $85 brand new. My favorite bat of all time. This video brings back so many memories of taking bp for hours with my dad.

[@AB-qs7vw]

i used an Easton Z-Core back in 98-99 and it was like I was hitting a raquetball. It made launching bombs almost automatic.

[@chrismitchell304]

I still have my z core

[@LTR1420]

Yeah I played with one in little league. Even being that young, we could tell that bat was head and shoulders above everything else.

[@M3TaGh0sStT]

I got one the same year. Immediately starting hitting home runs.

[@rjvsmb]

Easton RedLine C-CORE. -5 33in.- 28oz. Aluminum/Graphite (Scandium) HOT!

[@henrymonster9926]

That bat was awesome!

[@rossage5]

That was the best bat ever made, never made it through a season with them but they were incredible

[@rjvsmb]

Easton was on fire from 1984 to about 2000. Another hot Easton bat was the black magic. That that was on fire from about 1983 to about 93.

[@rjvsmb]

There is a New in Wrap REDLINE on ebay for $1,299

[@bradrussell1656]

100% agree. Hit 375 at 16 with this bat. Can’t find it in storage unfortunately.

[@lethalencryption7790]

Less regulation I'd assume. Probably sends the ball. Can't wait to see it. (Edit): That bat is GAS🔥

[@GutsBatman]

I graduated high school 2002 and played baseball 3 of the 4 years and know a couple kids had those bats. The bats of that time period were (and still are) crazy. I personally watched a kid (a senior) who was no more than 120 pounds soaking wet and didn't play much regularly hit one to the warning track (330 feet) with what barely looked like a full swing. Somewhere in a the 50-60% full swing range, and it blew my mind. I knew the metal bats were great, but didn't understand just how good they were. The stories I always heard about college baseball games at the time (as I didn't grow up with cable or computers much) in which 15-20 run leads in games weren't safe didn't even really sink in, as crazy as it was. My older brother who played early 90s had an Easton. It's all faded but I think I have it around in my garage. I've hit it a couple times and my hands sting soooo hard after making contact.

[@Slotty_Botfast]

Super fun in the 90's playing third base with these bats.

[@firesyde424]

That sound was somewhere in the childhood of just about every kid from the '80s and '90s.

[@DigitalENCOM]

I HAD THIS SAME BAT in high school.

[@andrewsshakeshack2468]

The Easton red line was in my opinion the hottest bat in the 90s

[@BadFry]

I still have mine

[@bigmixx]

I graduated from high school in 94 and we used Easton bats. Can’t remember the exact name but this brings back so many memories. You had to protect yourself on some ground balls and liners but some of the home runs we hit were epic lol

[@pauldaurity2674]

Easton C405 Reflex C-Core -5 Drop from 1996 Easton Sc500 Redline C-Core -5 Drop from 1998 ... any of those super thin aluminum bats with the carbon reinforced barrels were like hitting with trampolines...

[@ash0372]

Show me a "The Goods" in 25 years and see if it can still hit like this. Old man comment.... "They don't make em like they used to"

[@BleedTheRic]

Planned obsolescence- bats nowadays are made to last around a year so that players have to buy more bats

[@themagicpancakes]

I graduated in 04, just missed out on this fun. I had to use a 32/29 lol

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

Thats what i was just saying. We couldnt use -5 only -3.. And our team was super cheap n ghetto, so we had a bullshit Black Magic bat that was 33-30 and I had to choke up on that shit lol

[@kellymcgimsey3263]

Who remembers the Z2K Now that was a bad ass bad. Gorilla ball baby!!!

[@jeremyturgasen4818]

Z2K was the truth

[@peterv6629]

i had one 34/29 and i swear is the best bat ever made... Z2K was out of this world...

[@tiffincatfan79]

Graduated in ‘97 and used this bat my senior year! Greatest bat I ever used in my baseball career!

[@LeonardOutdoorsNM]

You're right about the TPX being a sweet bat. I had one of those back in high school '95. Our catcher swung so hard the end cap came out and it flew to 2nd base. It rang like a bell.

[@jeremiaharmstrong2652]

The late 90's early 00's Omaha's were straight juice.

[@brettsnowball]

Mannn, I used to swing Omaha's in Little League. Glory days of my hitting career before the switch to pitcher

[@davidloganguest9662]

We would buy used ones from the local college for $20 each. Awesome High school use books.

[@brandan_k57]

I want to say there was a gray Omaha with blue lettering I used to loooooove in little league.

[@codylassman7405]

Gold Omaha - 1999-2000

[@jcarey1983]

Bats nowadays don't even compare to those bats of the late 90s

[@nike8150]

There was that short period when they brought in the hot composites 02-05’ and it was insane. Swung my little brothers and it was nuts . Put the C405 pure aluminum bats to shame and records were smashed for HR’s and Batting Average in my state. 8 players broke the 15 year old state records in the same year.

[@mikemcdonald9337]

There's a reason for that. Little if no reaction time for fielders. Especially for pitchers. Kids were getting seriously injured and a couple killed from comebackers.

[@nike8150]

@@mikemcdonald9337 yea they realized the same problem in upper level slow pitch softball too. I remember when the Miken Ultra II came out and was only allowed for one season after they realized the dangers when guys couldn’t react fast enough on the infield. I swung that and thought it was crazy how 320-330ft HR’s started going 360-370’ with that bat. Nuts!

[@nike8150]

I personally watched a third baseman take a line drive off his forehead...wasn’t a pretty sight. He lived but never played again.

[@BGBlitzball]

So we have this bat demographic: 1991-2004 / any piece of aluminum 2004-2010 / B.E.S.R 2010-2021 / B.B.SHIT

[@Anomaly188]

Sounds about right, though aluminum dates back further than 1991 cause one of my sisters played high school softball in the 80s and her bat was aluminum. I stopped playing circa 2001 at 12 and we were all bashing with aluminum. I'll need to dig through my parents' garage some time and see if I can find my old bat.

[@thebaseballkid4857]

Not really, most of the bats dating back to the 80's were way different than this bat that he swung. I swung this particular bat in the last game I played in 97 and this bat was way hotter than anything that we swung in the early 90's and late 80's.

[@BGBlitzball]

@@Anomaly188 I’m not trying to be exact by the dates, aluminum bats date back to the 60’s

[@BGBlitzball]

@@thebaseballkid4857 ?

[@thebaseballkid4857]

@@BGBlitzball what I meant in the mid 90's they changed something in the bats. As I recall it began with the Worth Copperhead. The bat was different than the old Easton B5/Black Magic or the TPXBBL swung lighter had more response. And every manufacture followed suit. That is all I meant with my comment.

[@Cornfed19821982]

2000-2001 HS and college went to 2-5/8" barrels and -3. Mostly brought on by the homerun derbies at the CWS at the launch pad that was Rosenblatt stadium on top of a hill with the prevailing winds always blowing out. And so began the downward slide for the college long ball (no small part to the dead balls that were also now in use). At the time, the data was showing regular exit velos in the 115+ range (with HS kids). I was at one CWS game that ended 21-14 and had like 6-7 homers per side. I made the transition to the -3 smaller barrels senior year of high school (still have the exact model you tested among others) and my favorite for the 'new' gen bats was the Easton Connection z-cores. The first 2 piece bats. Get the orange or yellow version and try that against the -5s. Noticeable performance drop. The down side of the -5 with 2-3/4" era was that the thinner walls didn't hold up long (never seemed to last a full season). Most of us used a series of practice bats and wood composites in practice and babied the expensive hot bat as our gamer. I even witnessed one -5 shatter into 5-6 pieces in a game that was played in -8 wind chill. But routine pop flies routinely left the yard. A generation later and none of these kids have a clue. I didn't mind the performance drop, hitters had too big of an advantage, but I miss the proper sound! Great to once again hear the right PING! even thru computer speakers.

[@derrickdiaz8536]

I had to play 3rd base in this era! Loved this bat, worked as a little league umpire all summer to save up for it.

[@brianmfournier]

I played third in HS, 97-98. Took a one hopper off my knee and that thing flew about 100 feet directly out of play.

[@derrickdiaz8536]

@@brianmfournier lol yeah, had a similar experience. i miss being young. Something like that would take months to recover from these days

[@nolimitiowa]

Who remember the White TPX? That was my 2nd love for sure.

[@ryanstogdill9162]

Omg!! Best bat ever!! Loved that bat! And I like the Iowa part too!

[@OCretribution]

We talking the red white and blue WTPXFBXL?

[@ryanstogdill9162]

Abso freakin lutely!! Fire bat !

[@pentonshook6935]

The grey Easton redline was fire

[@josephriggs6567]

Hands down the hottest bat ever...Easton Redline C-Core. Definitely hotter than the Black Redline Z-Core that came out later.

[@andrewregulskie2798]

Same

[@erikkraemer1384]

Right on!! Redline ccore was the king!!

[@patrickf8752]

Still have my Easton Redline -8 in a wrapper new!

[@svutility1]

Until they shattered. Mine exploded when a teammate took one a little bit to the end of the bat and it split wide open. First game of the season. Ended up filling it with BBs and using it as a swing weight trainer. Couldn't find it in myself to part ways with a $275 bat, even though it was now useless.

[@treyhaeger8585]

Easton Z2K is the best ever, by far

[@pmac7887]

I still have this bat in my garage. It always felt so nice and easy to swing. This needs to be brought back for some velo testing ASAP

[@joeycerelli]

I still have this bat. I was a pure grounder/line drive hitter and I hit quite a few one hop ground rule doubles with this bat.

[@natecox9955]

Easton Z2K....hottest bat of all time!!

[@matthewplante1746]

Best bat of that era was the Louisville Slugger TPX Air Attack 2... Hands down

[@ST-vu3ph]

So true!!! And you would remember the Easton Reflex as well?

[@derrickgrant6252]

This or the original Air Attack or Redline C-Core Grey one

[@aftrthejake6843]

Wasn't there a gold one also?

[@LTR1420]

Nah the Grey Redline or Zcores are the best bats of all time.

[@ST-vu3ph]

@@derrickgrant6252 the C-Core was odd but also juiced!

[@markrady7724]

Just look at what the college guys were singing in the late 90s, can't believe they didn't kill anyone

[@RussClarkRocks]

They did. That's why today's bats are dead. Lol

[@Its_Mee_Bee]

This was my bat in high school. Right around 2000 in VA they outlawed -5 and only allowed -3. We suffered correspondingly. Greatest bat family ever

[@Luch81]

Best bat ever made. Still have it in my garage. Me and a buddy of mine both had one of these and just hit bombs. Black and Green TPX. We still bring it up every once and a while

[@shanelackey]

In the mid-90s, the Easton C-Core and the Worth Copperhead were legit

[@Ol_Dirty_BEAN]

7oz drop copperhead had couches telling the outfield to back up every time I hit the box

[@LJF23]

I have a brand new 33/28 Copperhead - would be happy to send it in for an old guy bat challenge.

[@brandan_k57]

Not sure how I stumbled across this channel, but my grandpa bought me the little league version of this exact bat. I still have it with the original grip. Feels like a toothpick now when I hold it.

[@7betrayer]

It’s been 17 years since I’ve played HS baseball and this may be the first bat I recognize on this channel.

[@ryanstoopes188]

I had that exact model, when I was around 8 years old but it was the skinny barrel. It might've been a drop 10. Definitely had some pop. Brings back some great memories