Ash, Maple, or Birch: The Evolution of Louisville Slugger Wood Bat Materials
For more than 140 years, white ash dominated Louisville Slugger bat production, with the flexible, shock-resistant wood accounting for ninety percent of the company’s manufacturing output through the early 2000s. This dominance reflected ash’s unique combination of strength, flexibility, and lightweight characteristics that made it ideal for baseball bats since Bud Hillerich crafted that first […]
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