A baseball cup is a bowl like shape that is cut out of the end of the barrel of a wood baseball bat. Cupping the end of the barrel makes a wood bat
more evenly balanced, by shifting the center of mass towards the handle slightly.
Research has found Sugar Maple to be 10% harder, stiffer, and stronger than White Ash. Recent changes increased its safety factor in reference to
maple bat breakage. Those changes include enhancing the initial selection process, and rotating the hitting surface of the wooden maple bats
(the grain of the wood) by 90 degrees. In doing so, the contact point for a maple bat is the face grain instead of the edge grain. It has been suggested
that the new orientation is a much stronger position, proper for this sugar maple species. Players are still instructed to swing a wooden baseball bat with
the label up. We now put our logo on the edge gain of our new manufactured maple bats. Please remember to always make contact with your maple bat
on the face grain (label up), it will make your bat less likely to break. Hitting on the face grain is the more natural, and less detrimental/stress way of
making contact with maple bats. Since this change has been implemented in the MLB, maple bats breaking have gone down considerably.
Please see the attached link for Where/how to hit a maple bat. http://annexbaseballblog.com/archives/265
Please see the attached link for our Adult/Youth wood bat guide.
You can also send us and email at info@annexbaseball.com, to tell us the the persons height, weight, age and we can give you our recommendation.
Yes, we sell Annex Blem Bats for a reduced price.
These bats did not pass our inspection to be a Professionally quality bat, however work great for Amateur Baseball leagues and under.
Blemishes include:
Slightly off desired weights
Knots, pin knots, color defects
If you are interested in a blem bat, please email us about availability and we can set an order up for you.
-In-stock/On shelf items ship next business day Priority Mail, and will arrive in 2-3 business days.
-If not in-stock, bat must be turned, please allow 7-10 business days for delivery.
We ask if you are putting in a large quantity order, that you put in your order 3-4 weeks in advance. To ensure they are shipped to your door by
the time you need them.
Personally my favorite Annex Model is the traditional 271 wood bat. It is beautifully balanced and is for any type of hitter. I am not a homerun hitter by nature,
but I have had a good amount in my day with my AM271. So if the game is on the line and I am up to bat, there is not doubt in my mind, I will be walking up to
plate with AM271 in my hands.
Full Dip: The bat is completely coated in a lacquer finish which seals the grain and pores.
Half Dip: Only the barrel is sealed, leaving the handle natural. Perfect for players who use pine tar or no batting gloves.
Natural: No finish = bare wood. Natural wood will allow you to bone your bat if it ever receives dents. Boning your bat is when you use a hard object like a
piece of bone, to rub over your bat to smooth out any dents. Perfect for players who like pine tar when hitting. (most popular)(the bat may gain moisture
with constant humid environment)
