How We Make MLB Player Bats

[@dennisfahey2379]

I want to see the guys from the KZbin Channel "The Baseball Bat Bros" tour this facility and get a custom bat precisely built to their preference then test it.

[@danman1012]

You should make some videos of a pro player coming in, start to finish to perfecting their bat. Small changes, tested in games, more revisions showing just what a pro player and you guys do to find the right bat specs for them

[@Hardballleather]

I want to be able to order a bat in turns (models not available to the public) that a professional uses with the same grade of wood!

[@maxmanoff8454]

they look incredible

[@sluggernation]

Glad you like them, Max.

[@artsteadman2230]

Many of the vacuum kiln dried billets - 4" x 40" - come from Kloes Specialty Hardwoods in Clintonville WI. The wood itself originates in PA

[@staggmovie]

And you don't even have to be a MLB player, they will customize a bat for you

[@matthewbolton4289]

Imagine if loiusville slugger invented some kind of super compression tank that was on par or above the pressures of challenger deep (deepest spot in the ocean) and compressed their bats that way to make them as hard as steel.

[@chadrides914]

r o f l

[@lorimeyers3839]

What do they do with all the reject billets?

[@chadrides914]

think they sell them as series 3x

[@t206kid]

most of the bats they make are rejects, which is why very little players in the big leagues even still use them

[@jayss10]

There are alot of signature/memorabilia bats they make. I would imagine most of those are the reject billets

[@BlueshirtFan4Ever]

I WANT ONE!!!

[@estebansalas5817]

The day they release custom bats to the public like every single other bat company out their is the day I buy from Louisville and not marucci and Chandler

[@sluggernation]

That day has come! We now offer custom MLB Prime and custom BBCOR at SluggerCustomBats.com.

[@JW-_]

@@sluggernation.

[@podsmpsg1]

Do they make Aluminium Bats?

[@bryantchung3395]

Yes

[@CuteSealYHM]

@@bryantchung3395 but i still use wood

[@michaelvantuinen9216]

I visited this museum when I went to Kentucky I went to this and then we were mostly there to tour mammoth cave

[@SavetheRepublic]

I'm watching this is 2021 only hoping these are made just like this today. America's pastime should not be outsourced.

[@JW-_]

True

[@sluggernation]

Our team in Louisville still makes every one of our wood bats - with lumber sourced from our own forests!

[@t206kid]

@@sluggernation too bad the company in louisville screwed over many loyal employees in the factory and in the museum over the years, esp after covid hit (including me). Wilson should think twice about dealing with such an unethical company in Louisville

[@ilabenton5343]

y'all need to make a pool stick

[@randywoodworth5990]

I imagine in the early days, players probably had to make their own bats.

[@alexulacio911]

They did. Sam Crawford, all time major league leader in triples, used to make his own bats and even gave some of his creations to Babe Ruth

[@Jimmy_Cavallo]

💥 I guess it’s safe to say… “100% Made In America” 🤜🏼🇺🇸⚾️🇺🇸🤛🏼

[@JakeSanMartin]

How is it that a company so legendary and dominant in pro and recreational baseball is losing market share to other brands? I recently started playing baseball after 16 years away from it, and it’s weird to see these new brands. Everyone is going crazy over marucci, chandler and Victus. I’ll stick with the old school stuff, Louisville Slugger for ash and Sambat for Maple.

[@ChrisKrusey]

Yeah but... "SHINBONE WANTS STATEHOOD"

[@bryantchung3395]

Best bat ever

[@Elsanta666]

They handle more wood than a street walker

[@michaelvantuinen9216]

At the MLB level I just don’t know how they stay together and hear some of the cracks that thing should be shattered like an M 80 blew up a toilet you hear the loud crack I’m Expecting it to break no

[@5tonyvvvv]

Ash borer

[@juangarcia5955]

I got 4 different bats from there

[@sluggernation]

Can never have enough!

[@gdshtroyer]

Hopefully this doesn’t cost my life savings

[@gdshtroyer]

Time to sell my left kidney to afford there cheapest bat

[@hunterbruyere5052]

Hector Rios you can customize a bat exactly like the ones they use in the MLB for 200ish.. their BBCOR bats are expensive as shit tho

[@t206kid]

Only 15% of MLB players use slugger. They have been going downhill ever since John Hillerich IV took over in 2000/2001 from his Father. Only reason company is still in business is because of the museum. Even the museum has gone downhill since Covid hit in 2020. The museum got rid of some amazing employees and tour guides and now all the tour is is videos and guides that are not knowledgeable

[@vkblue317]

llllllllll

[@damionw9740]

Chandler bats is better

[@dannyhood7433]

Narcissist Ty Cobb had to be first no matter what