Hitting with the EASTON BLACK MAGIC (1992 vs. 2022 BBCOR) | Baseball Bat Review

Bat Bros Will, Cam, & Zak try out the new 2022 (technically 2023) Easton Black Magic BBCOR and see how it compares to the legendary original BLACK MAGIC from the early 1990s!
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[@TheBullpenTraining]

Yessir! Let’s make that collab happen! Great meeting and hangin this week at the CWS bro! Hope you enjoy the VELOs

[@evan.t1403]

I gotta get me a pair 👀

[@anna.kat.]

Jax did you make the Velos?

[@dillydal08]

@@anna.kat. yeah he made them

[@jeremybear573]

When I was in little league in the early 90s the Black Magic was the God Of Bats!!

[@ZaGamerOG]

My dad gave me his and he said the same thing!😀

[@TheOriginalParlous]

Dude… I had to gain hella Boy Scout patches and sell a grip of my old gear to get

[@lucyinthesky288]

​@@ZaGamerOGsame

[@anandabaruah2262]

1 biliion %

[@Baseball4life160]

Reflex?

[@KingofJUCO]

3:53 backwards skully in beeps lowkey an underrated look I’m all for it

[@embers55]

Juco Bandit baby

[@POrtegaJr4]

Lookin like Larry Walker during the 1997 ASG facing Randy Johnson!🤣

[@silasbryant5274]

When you’ve got college hitters swinging it in the CWS a week after it’s released you know it’s gonna be a banger

[@baseballbatbros]

yep it's solid, but they're using it because it's just a repaint of a bat they've already been using (the Alpha ALX)

[@thelifeofmatt0306]

You dudes are spot on. The old black magic was widely available still here in the late 90s, but we didn’t swing em. We swung the TPX and the Reflex. The black magic just wasn’t at the level the late 90s to early 2000s bats were. Also, Easton made another black magic circa 99-2001 time frame. That bat swung like a reflex.

[@keithfreeman2084]

The Redline tho…

[@natecollins3437]

Correct. It was black with blue writing I believe. I believe it was more around the 1996-1998 as 2000 the BESR era began.

[@RustyShakleford01]

No bat will even match the 90's reflexes for me. Man, they were great.

[@civil_leuthie]

I swung a Black Magic my senior year in high school (1996). College team had a TPX contract and I realized my mistake as soon as we got those bats in. That Black Magic probably cut my HR total in half.

[@nestormartinez5944]

98 air attack 99 redline!

[@073286]

That brings back some memories from when I played senior league when I was 13-14 years old. That was the first big barreled bat I ever held, thanks for the content.

[@abowen8556]

A lot of memories for me too. This was the bay that the school bought and the whole team used the same bat or two. Lightower bombs

[@073286]

@@abowen8556 same here, we only had 1 that the entire team used.

[@AustronesianMullet]

We had a Black Magic as a team bat in the late 80s. Imagine that - we had four team bats and no one owned their own. My son has three bats + Camwood today.

[@carneasada8]

Right! 🤣 nobody had their own helmet either. Baseball teams used the team bats and helmets unless there was that one lucky kid on the team that their parents bought them a good bat and everybody would use it.

[@TheHoff305]

Nothing beats a Black Magic from the mid to late 80s, still have my 32" 29oz in the garage and now my son uses it, he says it still has mad pop and blows away today's bats!!!

[@bigger62265]

Yes sir. I dont know how but I convinced my late mother to buy me the 32" Black Magic in 1983 and hit several homers with it, albeit on a field that was only 300ft all the way around. lol Any of the kids on my team that had enough strength used it as well. I also had the 34" basic looking silver Easton with green letters that was the most widely used among college teams at that time. Both were good but felt nothing alike. lol Just watched the video and rotf at remembering how hyped I was to get that bat then thinking crap the sweet spot is tiny! Rarely did I have a nice vibration free contact with the Black Magic but the ball still traveled.

[@keithfreeman2084]

You hit the nail on the head about the 90’s BM. It rung you up bad and didn’t feel great when you hit it well. Once the green TPX came out, the BM’s were at the bottom of the bat bag that nobody touched. Then came the Redline, then the Z2K.

[@rc1267]

Played through the era of these bats. They were really sensitive to temperatures. Main reason it's probably stinging your hands alot is because the bat was below recommended temperature. I remember the sweet spot on the black magics was more towards the end and when you hit it solid it almost felt like squaring up the ball with a wooden bat. There was also a red and black Easton I remember from those days like that. It almost looked Ike a reflex with 2 panels on the barrel that were black with a different texture that had Easton in red on them but they didn't connect, there was a strip of red inbetween the 2 panels. It didn't have any taper at all, it just basically went straight out from the handle like a polygon all the way to the cap. Sweet spot was near the top just like the black magic was. Both used a thicker aluminum. Neither were very forgiving but if you did hit that sweet spot near the end of the bat it felt super solid. Neither was used very much on the many teams I played for. My favorite still has to be the Easton redline c-core. The sc500 I believe was the model number. Bought 2 of em at 300 a pop back then and still have a 33in 28oz today. Aluminum was so thin you could literally feel the trampoline effect. Was very forgiving, I had my fair share of being out on my front foot being fooled by a slider curve or change up and still ended up hitting em out. One that's on tape I actually said damnit and smashed the bat on the ground thinking I popped it up to left center and it carried the 370 mark by a good bit anyway. Bats from that time, the late 90s early 2000s were insane.

[@Bread-cq1im]

The shirt is probably from Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA. Played em a few times in league during the season. Their mascot is The Dons and their colors are purple and yellow so I have a pretty good feeling that the shirts is from the one in Cali.

[@ryanmckee112]

Amador Valley High School Dons - I graduated from there in 1990. Yes, purple and yellow coloraway. Let's go!

[@cartergarnon6299]

This video hit me right in the feels…and so did the Black Magic. We made fun of it back in the day because it felt like crap and had the sweet spot way too far out. HOWEVER: The Black Magic holds the world record for the most appearances on statuettes and mom buttons. Everyone always picked the Black Magic on picture day. Even like 5 years after everyone was done using it. We used to think the Air Attacks didn’t look that good when they came out, but I absolutely feel the opposite today. The new black Magic is sexy though, I think they absolutely nailed the looks again. If we do a bracket on looks alone, ink Black Magic into your final four.

[@matti2d]

It might be a 92 model but it's, essentially, an 80s bat with 80s tech. When it came out, it was GAS!! no doubt it's a dog compared to what came in the next decade but it was truly magic in its time.

[@johnsmiley5387]

Agree 100% I used them all thru HS and College was a great bat for the time, but you had to hit the sweet spot, and the were only good for about 250 solid hits before they lost the pop and became a dead bat. I am going to assume he has the famous dead bat black magic you usually could tell from the sound of the bat. also the barrel on the OG BM is illegal now it was too fat

[@williampatterson5374]

In High School I used a Black Magic back in 94 my senior year of high school and I hit a no doubter dead center and people say it went 450 and dead center was 400. I swore by that bat and it’s great it’s coming back out. Thanks for the video I was hoping the old school one was better but with time comes better technology.

[@braedencochran522]

The High school shirt Cam is wearing is Amador Valley High I grew up there and saw that shirt everywhere

[@scrapinby77]

I swung what was probably an earlier version of the Black Magic in high school. It was black with the traditional Easton logo in gold. I'm not disappointed to find out It wasn't that great. Just proves I was a better hitter than my son 🤣🤣. Imagine if I had a voodoo one to work with....

[@oscarwinner2034]

The old logo ones were still the bat in the early 90s. The one in this video was mid 90s. They also started to have the texture barrel around then too. This Black Magic wasn't their top of the line Easton then either. The EA70s were better.

[@ohboy2592]

Todays bats make average hitters good and good great. It’s been lie that got the last 15-20 years. You really find out who can hit when everyone swings a wood bat.

[@ArcadEdio]

Have you swung either of the EA70s from like 93/94? Black/Yellow was a drop 4 and the Maroon/Gold was a drop 3. Those were my high school bats and loved them, I graduated in 94. The reflex was the first one I remember that the ball just seemed to come off at crazy speeds and that was a few years later. I also remember in the early 90s a bat called the Ultra Light.

[@f-150yeti2]

I still have my old Eastons. I’ve got the gold/maroon one and it was a mortar! We didn’t know what it’s official name was back then since there was no Google😁. We called it Goldie or The Maroon-Kaboom.

[@hamptonward4471]

Love the video I’ve been waiting so long for this video I have a 1996-97 Easton black magic and it just hits nukes keep up the great bangers and dingers

[@perryflowers8125]

I swung a Black Magic in 1983 in HS. Was badass back then!!

[@elliottbutts153]

In 92 the black magic was old. We were swinging a TPX or the bat most of us were using including myself was a goldish colored Easton. I do not remember the model unfortunately. The Black Magic was popular probably 86-87 maybe. I got many homers in high school and college with the gold Easton and you didn’t feel a thing when you hit the sweet spot.

[@707ridah]

@ 12:50 you mad that bat mad.. I'll still send you my 33-30 1996 Black Magic Fam and keep it. Yall deserve it

[@JMH33SD]

Can confirm, because I played with the OG Black Magic, that you only had a 3 inch sweet spot on the barrel and anything lower your hands were feeling it... But it was the hottest bat we had and that's why you get all the hype with the OG Black Magic.

[@newguyoz]

From what i remember (I was in High school through the late 90's) The CU31 alloy bats werent very good. They got hot when they went the Reflex which was C405 and then hotter again when they went EA70 and Carbon core in 96 - 98. Reflexes were used in the Olypics in 1996 by USA and Australia and a few other countries. Scandium I think came in around 1998 with the Grey Redline and the 777 bats. Z2k was obviously 2000 where the tech was insane. So it was the last 5 - 7 years of the 90's were the sweet spot of juiced bats.

[@oscarwinner2034]

The EA70 Eastons in the mid-90s were gold colored. They were better than CU31 for sure by then.

[@lancerobbins24]

90-94 HS player here. Nothing held a candle to “the devil”. 34/30 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER RED TPX (TPXFBXV). Dropped absolute nukes with that bat. I’ve got one in pretty good condition if you wanna swing it.

[@abowen8556]

By 1995 The Black Magic was only in the bat bag in case of a bear attack. The first model 2-3/4 was all black with gold writing “pro baseball” inscribed on it. Albert Belle hit them in the lights in Baton Rouge with one. We were all using TPX when this model you’re swinging was out

[@lancerobbins24]

RED LOUISVILLE SLUGGER TPX BAT 34" 30 oz. MODEL TPXFBXV in HS from 90-94…absolute bomb dropper. The black magic never got used on our team. Sat in the bat rack with no touches.

[@bayourat15]

He hit Tiger Stadium parking lot

[@jakexou812]

Bros that hit with it in the early 90's are 47ish now bro. I hit with LS TPX in high school. If my memory serves I bought one in time for fall ball in '91. Made me a dugout hero for a while everybody wanted to hit with my bat. Some bats still had that 'tink' sound back then but not like these days. First game I went to see my kid play about 15 years ago I laughed at the sound of bats. I told him I remember more of that crunchier sound if you made solid contact on some heat, but he didn't believe me. Still nothing like wood bat. But thanks, I forgot that sound. Also, when home boy in the video made contact not in the sweet spot and spun around with his hands in shock, dude I sympathize. My first two years of varsity ball I'd feel that pain nearly every at bat and every batting practice until I found the sweet spot, and then sometimes thereafter if the pitcher had any surprising late movement on his heat LOL. Cool video though, memories!

[@josephnekolite2080]

Great video guys and your def right. I grew up swinging the black magic and it was a great bat but it was clunky and had a very small sweet spot. The reflex, which came out just after,is the black magic just refined and lighter with a huge, forgiving, sweet spot that changed everything and the hot bat era began.

[@IlliniDog01]

I was like 13 when the Black Magic came out. It was the first bat that anyone could manage to hit a homer with in little league. My brother is 3 years behind me and the difference in the bats he had and my class had was night and day. We had like 3 homers in the league the entire season across all teams (all with a Black Magic). They had like 30. When the Black Magic came out though, there was nothing else in its class.

[@davehower4649]

Broke out my 1983 Black Magic for my son, just graduated HS, and is playing D2 this upcoming school yr, it still had a lot of pop, he was absolutely crushing with it, his Lville select power is no where near as lively.....he hit several 400ft plus with the bat and me throwing about 75mph to him.

[@tonycrabtree3416]

My personal experience 1980s-90s bats were that Easton was a great bat in the 80s, but they got left behind in the early-90s. Easton also started playing with composite designs that I believe didn't catch on because of price.

[@Lefty-mp1mf]

You need the 80’s Black Magic - the one you’re using was a later fail by BM. John Olerud (PAC -12 Player of the Century) Pete Incaviglia Phil Nevin Will Clark etc & the rest of my D-1 contemporaries had no problem finding the barrel on the original Black Magic. Check out 80’s CWS highlights and you’ll see the OG stick.

[@michaelvineyard3209]

I saw college guys swinging this in the regionals and couldn’t find it online anywhere. I guess Easton schools may have gotten an early opportunity to swing them. Definitely not the hottest BBCOR to swing or even the best Easton really, but it looks so badass that I’d probably swing it anyway.

[@BuneFFXI]

I absolutely loved the Black Magic series as a BP bat when I played in the mid and upper 90s. Reflex for games with the same length/weight.

[@J.Wick.]

I had a green Mizuno with yellow text in the late 90s. 2¾" barrel. I eventually cracked it after a couple seasons. But man, that thing had POP unlike anything else I've ever used before, or no since.

[@S6-Unit]

We used Black Magics and Green Eastons through High School and into college 89-93. I coached HS Ball starting in 2000. The bats were crazy different.

[@willyski0223]

I walked into my dugout as a freshman on the team for the first time to see an old black magic sitting in the bat hold. I was so surprised

[@marcusmurphree9950]

Silver and Blue Black Magic came out a few years later. That one also introduced the high pitched ping. The clunky sound was more in line with the Purple/Gold Easton React.

[@MrPauoa]

My son just wrapped up coaching the Freshman baseball team at that school. Great program.

[@davidgray2522]

AVHS is Amador Valley High school in Pleasanton, California. Played them in both baseball and football from 04-08. Their football field had a jumbotron which I had never seen before for H.S.

[@Takenbymadness]

Tbh I knew nothing about bats until I watched this channel thank you for making these videos fun and informative. You guys rock! Keep it up!

[@J.C...]

That old bat is how bat's sounded when I played. Best bats ever made. I'll never get used to that TINK! sound of the new bats

[@donfee9078]

I swung a different Black Magic in the late 80’s. I’m pretty sure that’s the OG. I’m sure both of these bats out perform that brick but it was hot for its time. I remember a green Easton that was a “long barrel” it was rare and hard to find if you ever get one of those it would be a cool review for us old dudes that are in Senior softball now lol. Love the energy guys, great videos. Subed.

[@robe21]

Guy I work with said the black magic redline…might even be a BESR bat, was hot as hell. He swung the Black Magic too. Have to check what year though. He played pro ball in the 80’s and used alloy when he was out of the league but still playing.

[@davidbryan5208]

The late 90s version with the black barrel that says black magic in dark blue in the barrel is the best one. The 99 silver Redline -5 Redline C Core is the hottest bat ever. Even hotter than the Z2K. Get your hands on that one.

[@williamalexander1863]

I graduated in 1993 and always used a 34 Black Magic in high school. I used to hit some monster shots with it. They were on the heavy side but super hot. They tended to die fairly quickly. I'd get a new one every season.

[@MrBlackFabio]

I played HS baseball from 1991-1993 and I have never heard of the Easton Black Magic until now. I watched a current video of Eric Sim swinging one (not sure which year). He said the bat he was using was illegal and I did a search to see what the Black Magic was all about.

[@ericcraig3875]

I used to have one of the graphite bats. It was so loud, it made the infielders flinch.

[@jonahfrost8946]

I had a 1993 Easton Black Magic. I hit one out with this bat when I was a senior in high school in the biggest field in and another when I was a junior in another very big field. Loved that bat. Probably doesn't help that it is 30 years old and was probably well used in its heyday.

[@prometheusfallen]

YAAASS!!! Bro... FINALLY y'all got the bat I gamed with back in 1992! Such an awesome trip down memory lane.... Thanks, y'all.

[@griffinhays2053]

My dad played with a guy his senior year of high school who was 6'10" and played basketball at Clemson, and he hit a ball 450+ into a pecan orchard with the OG Black Magic. Just insane (this was like 1984)

[@Vlabar]

I still have my black magic from 1990. Used it in high school, college and semi pro. Mine is 34/31.

[@adamorly2971]

HAHAHA I used to use the '92 Black Magic. I was 10 so I wasn't hitting bombs with it, but it had some good pop for a kid! Nice video!

[@atex6175]

The old black magic was incredible that was my bat from 11 up until highschool when I went with the TPS

[@arturozarate1752]

Great video Will! The CU31 alloy of the 90's was something else alright. There's another version of the Black Magic that came in black, blue, and silver. 95-96 year range. I swung and destroyed both bats. I found the blue model much hotter than the yellow. It also had a funny "bump" in the taper that the yellow didn't. I think that model deserves a chance to redeem itself.

[@jwalljr22]

I had that Black Magic bat back in the 90’s. It always sounded like you straight pulverized the baseball. Brings back memories

[@RPHewitt1107]

So much nostalgia watching this.

[@I_Eat_Meat12345]

The original Black Magic is the B9 3330. They came out in the mid-late 80s. The one you have is from the mid-90s at the earliest. The Black Magic was a cheap bat and not that good. No one used that bat when I played in high school. They were like 50.00 IIRC. Red TPX FTW.

[@mikecredeur7941]

Spot on. Late 80’s were the best black magic models. Mine was a 33/29. Hot out of the wrapper and couldn’t break it if you tried.

[@CoachTroyAbbs]

The OG Black Magic had may more pop than the '92 version. I used the same OG 33/30 that I bought at a garage sale from 14U until my sophomore season in college when the minus 4's came out my Junior year. Then power numvers went through the roof when I used a 34/29 C-Core in 98. Would love to see you guys test that baby out.

[@79champions]

Definitely swung a black magic a lot in my junior high/ high school days. I remember loving it, but I was a singles hitter all day. Might be why I didn't mind the lack of pop.

[@ANoss13]

Yep 36 and one of those old guys and I had black magic because well I used bats 5 years or so after “hot” years when the price dipped but this completely explains my warring track power I had and could never get that perfect shot!!!

[@dougharrison1251]

Comment on the Don Squad shirt: It looks like Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA (I'm an older alum, and can't confirm). Yes, I was in love with the early 80's Black Magic.

[@harrowryan7944]

Had a three home run game with an Easton B9 Black Magic in the mid 90's. Used that bat for 15 years.

[@adamlowery4614]

My favorite bat coming up as a kid. So glad they brought it back.

[@DawkinsPlays]

We weren't allowed to you use the Black Magic in teener ball and legion ball in the late 80's early 90s. But I remember using it in softball in the summer of 90.

[@MrPreacherman75]

I had the 1991 “B5” which was 33” -4… the Black Magic back then was heavier and swung even heavier… but it looked cool because it was black.

[@bevrosity]

one of my favorite bats growing up

[@josephedwards8992]

I had the 2000’s red and black black magic and when you sweet spotted it it was still a beast

[@tankdafrank89]

Gotta check out the 99/00 TPS Omaha Gold. That bat was a monster for me in HS. In fact still have it because I never wanna let it go. Won't ever use it again but will never forget it.

[@Brian-cn8ef]

I graduated 93. Played minor league ball. I hit bombs with that. 450 plus. But also we used Baum bats in rookie league and hit monster bombs with that during Bp. A a few in games.

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

Bro!!! I swung the green TPX all through high school! We absolutely wrecked that bat. It put 15 homer’s on my stats from my sophomore year through my senior. 9 of which were my senior year. Amazing times to be a baseball player.

[@mikeh.9954]

That OG sound is epic!

[@olik5652]

My dad used the Black Magic in the 90s, all of his home runs with that bat.

[@safetactraining6487]

Rocked the 88 BM. Still have it.

[@jeanetteandrews5557]

we had a black magic in high school 91-95, no one used it. Everyone loved the louisville tpx blue and gold

[@pumpbustersv1]

5 seconds in and holy crap is that sound is just shooting concentrated nostalgia straight into my veins.

[@oljimeagle]

The Black Magic wasnt very live when hou compare them to the Easton C-Core of the time but it was a freaking war club. I had one I would hit rocks and and golf balls and chrestnuts in my backyard with it for years.. .. Speaking of C-Core, I hit my first homerun the first time I picked it up, and never looked back. Used the C and Z cores the rest of my amature career.

[@mcdouble1560]

Easton is kind of missing the mark. Why bring back the black magic high school kids aren’t going to care. Bring back the power brigade line and they will sell like crazy all these high schoolers swung those in little league and are nostalgic.

[@dblankenship88]

Agree with this. Even bring them back and sell them to the USSSA market. Kids even at the 10U level know about the power brigade line. Make the barrels 2 3/4 so kids that are used to the massive barrels won’t be sad and they’d sell.

[@MrDude667]

That’s Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California.

[@mickheaton4609]

When I was a kid, the Black Magic was the holy grail. I didn't even have any friends who owned one because of the cost. Hell, I'm so old, I'm talking about the Black Magic pre-Bam Bam Barrell. It was only surpassed when Louisville Slugger released the first of the TPX line.

[@Jbzero999]

I had that bat for Legion ball in the 90s that thing absolutely launched the ball.

[@TheXanderGrim]

I remember the black magic, still loved my White Thunder

[@66samhane]

At our 14u tournament this past weekend a kid had one it's really nice looking in person very pingy sadly but good for us he only fouled off a couple and struck out 3 times so couldn't see how it performed on field. My son has been absolutely killing it with the 2020 Fuze Hybrid 360 had a one hopper to the LF pole at 330 so he has no interest in the Black Magic lol and bailed on his Voodoo One and Goods One even though he's always been a 1 piece kid. Soooooo glad you guys reviewed it otherwise we would've missed out on it.

[@javtimestwo]

3:42, "get off me" 🤦🏾‍♂️ as the ball reaches the track 😂

[@davefransen5096]

I'm 48. I used the black magic my senior year in 1992. My thinking is the old black magic lost some pop due to it being 30 plus years old. I know there were a couple guys on the team who hit some bombs with that bat. One was well over 400 ft cause it hit a camper in the air that was parked across the street in dead center. If I were to make a guess at distance I'd guess around 440 to 450 ft of so. It was the 34 inch black magic not the 33 that you're using.

[@mcesarey]

I had several versions of the Black Magic, starting with the 3" barrel that they allowed my 13yr old season in 1990.

[@havntseenhim]

my cousin had a black magic, i thought thing looked so cool i loved swinging it.

[@TheWhitthouse]

So funny that you would think us old guys would be mad that the 92 Black Magic was tech poor, it wasn't any different than the late 80's model. Though, it kind of makes us look like home run gods... that we blasted with what was essentially a piece of rebar. In 92, the LS TPX was the tech savvy flavor of the day.

[@beauwilliams116]

I used that bat when I was 13. Probably the perspective that made it legendary was the bats that were available before. Black magic is also a pretty legendary name for a bat.

[@happy_0icu812]

I graduated hs in 01. We had an old black magic as a team bat, but it looked different than this one. It had the block Easton logo on it. It was already beat to hell by time I got to school. The bat that we all used was a TPX c405. I think it was black with like teal or green graphics

[@kashifchaudhry6138]

Used to use a Black Magic in the 80’s. Loved that bat. It definitely didn’t sound like it did in the video though. Sounded much better. Maybe this one I lost it’s pop?

[@colinharrison7244]

That Tee shirt is from Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton California. Stephen Piscotty went there.

[@danoconnor8144]

Black magic came out in spring of ‘83. CU31 in video and then EA70 Aluminum alloys. Also had drop 3 Vice drop 4.

[@kobs9169]

Don Squad is from Amador Galley Highschool in Cali. That’s crazy it showed up in here…

[@Bradenfinnegan22]

My dad talks about this thing all the time

[@the_darkside_fpv]

I have a old bat I’d like to see you try. It’s the Rawlings R-44 power forged bat. It’s the one with a 11” barrel so the sweet spot is enormous I remember using it as a 12 year old and I would hit bombs constantly.

[@shanewatters4967]

The bad thing about black magic bats from the early 90s was that 2 out of 3 stung the shit out of your hands and were duds but that 1 out of 3 was amazing. We had 3 different ones and only 1 was a rocket launcher. I was a silver with blue 34in 29oz TPX fan. Led Alabama high schools in 91 with them. They would crack and still launch rockets. I went through 2 my senior year. Love the content.

[@gmalone1969]

I swung the Black Magin in 87-90. Thing I will say is I used the same bat my Sr year in HS and JC and an Adult League. Bats lasted back then and I loved it (my dad was mad that he had to pay $105 for a bat - LOL). I am now 52 and have swung a few of my son's BBCOR bats. Todays BBCOR is much better.

[@BobbyBoca]

You needed power BACK In THE EARLY 90'S TO HIT BOMBS !

[@wiffleczar]

Great video one thing you guys missed. The Easton black magic bat has a 2 3/4 inch barrel diameter, BBCOR bats have a 2 5/8 in barrel diameter. The black magic in the video is a second generation version, probably still 2 3/4 in diameter. When did it change (what year) to 2 5/8 from 2 3/4? and why the change?

[@AchillesWrath1]

That's the best we had back then on my HS team. Yeah it hurts hitting it off the end. Try doing that early in the spring on a cold day hurts a lot worse.