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Wood Bats 4 Sale
Authorized Dealer for
SandLot
Stiks
Just the Best Wood for Demanding Baseball Teams
Save on durable
pro stock ash, maple & composite wood baseball bats for Serious Baseball
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Sandlot Stiks
will now offer their high quality bats to the rest of the baseball
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Why we Sell Wood Bats...Because
the Rule Book says to!
That's how baseball's played!
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PRO XL2 - The mark of excellence in quality wood baseball bats.
Priced from $90-100.000 Maple & Ash $60
Our PRO XL2 mark has become synonymous with the highest quality of
Professional Grade timber available for wood baseball bats. Now you have
the opportunity to use the same quality bats we've provided for hundreds
of Major and Minor League players over the past 14 years. Our youth and fungo
bats are also crafted from the same stock we use for our PROFESSIONAL line
of wood baseball bats and will also carry the PRO XL2 mark. Now by combining
our PRO XL2 timber with the most popular bat models chosen by our pro
clients with our NEW
BATLAC Bat Finish
proprietary “GREEN” bat coating.; we've created
the best performing wood baseball bats in the world... SANDLOT STIKS.
Hundreds of stock bats are in inventory and ready for your
personalization.
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Maple List $115
cost $99 Ash List $85 cost $69 Plus Shipping USPS Priority Mail
Maple List $115 your cost $99 Ash List $85 your Cost $69
MC8 was designed by CEO Chris Corso and minor league catcher Matt
Ceriani as an alternative to the 243. This bat features conventional
knob and thin .925” handle with a full 2.55” barrel. For those looking
for a full barrel Maple bat, this is the answer. It utilizes a denser
wood and yields better weights than the 243 and is one of our most
requested models among our professional clients
Maple List $115 your cost $99 Ash List $85 your Cost $69
M44 A common stock model
in the minor leagues in the 80's and 90's. Game day bat used by Thurman
Munson, Graig Nettles and Gary Templeton. Conventional knob that
features a thicker handle and small barrel.
Maple List $115 your cost $99 Ash List $85 your Cost $69
M331 A true 2.375" large flared
knob adds balance to this large 2.56" diameter barrel bat by forcing the
hitter to choke up on the handle a bit. This design has a .97" handle
and is great bat for a broad range of hitters from contact to power.
Maple List $115 your cost $99 Ash List $85 your Cost $69
M225 Model is fast becoming one
of our most popular bats. In 2001 We designed this bat for Barry Bonds.
This is the one which eventually led to the craze in oversize knob bats.
We took the H238 and increased the flared knob size to 2.25", kept the
.94 " handle and shaved the barrel down to 2.5". It was designed for the
greatest power hitter in the history of the game.
Ash only List $90 your Cost $69
Model WA13
Available only in Ash due to its
X-Large long 2.625" diameter barrel. The Model WA13 has a .94" handle
with tapered 1.94" knob. This bat is good for contact hitters looking
for a larger hitting surface or exceptionally strong handed hitters.
Comes cupped on 34" or longer.
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Maple List $115 your cost $99 Ash List $85 your Cost $69
M162 This bat has a .97" handle,
2.125" flared knob, and 2.44" barrel diameter. A great bat for taking
advantage of the hardest wood we have in stock. This bat is for the true
contact hitter.
Maple List $115 your cost $99 Ash List $85 your Cost $69
M205 is similar in shape to the 243. We chose this bat as a stock
model for the hitters looking for a long full barrel maple bat. It is
the largest barrel we stock in our maple bat line. The 205 has a
conventional knob with a .933” handle and full 2.555” barrel. Another
great choice for the strong handed or contact hitter. This bat is
commonly used as a harder surfaced alternative to the 243.
Youth wood bats are on the back Become a better
hitter now melt the metal and swing the wood
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Maple List is $90 your cost is $ $75 Ash List is $your cost
is $59
Junior Tournament version of the adult model 141 for youth and little
league, a long time favorite of Sandlot Stiks founder and CEO Chris
Corso, the model 141JT features a conventional knob, .945" handle, and
long 2.44" barrel. This smooth swinging bat is one of two Junior
Tournament models we offer, the other being the 271JT. Available in 28,
29, 30, and 31 inches.
Maple List is $90 your cost is $ $75 Ash List is $your cost
is $59
Junior Tournament version of the adult model 271
for youth and little league. The 271 is by far the most widely
used wood bat shape in all of baseball. Hitters of all types have used
this design for many years, most notably it was the bat used by Ken
Griffey Jr. for the duration of his baseball career. The 271JT features
a .925” handle with a flared knob and long tapered 2.44” barrel. This
smooth swinging bat is one of two Junior Tournament models we offer, the
other being the 141JT. Available in 28, 29, 30, and 31 inches.
Maple List is $90 your cost is $ $75 Ash List is $your cost
is $59
All PRO XL2 Maple game bats are available in 1/2" increments from
32"-35" and -3 or higher weight to length ratio. Because we have chosen
our models carefully we can generally meet the weights without the need
for a cup. However we can remove up to .30 of an ounce using a 1.5"
diameter cup without compromising barrel end integrity. Models M205 and
M331, 34" or larger come standard with cupped ends.
All PRO XL2 White Ash game bats are available in 1/2" increments from
32"-35" and -3 or higher weight to length ratio. Because we have chosen
our models carefully we can generally meet the weights without the need
for a cup. However we can remove up to .30 of an ounce using a 1.5"
diameter cup without compromising barrel end integrity. Models WA 13,
WA205 and WA331, 34" or larger come standard with cupped ends.
Ink Grain
MLB has asked that it’s approved bat manufacturers place the label of
the bat on the vertical grain or longitudinal axis of Maple bats because
they say this is the weaker side. This of course goes against 100+ years
of traditional belief that the longitudinal axis is the stronger of the
two sides. MLB says through the studies performed on bat breakage in
2008 it has been proven Maple bats will have a tendency to break less
violently when hit on the flat grain or Tangential axis side. In
addition the strength of the Maple wood is up to 30% stronger on that
Axis.
Ash wood is ring porous and has an open grain, which gives the layers of
wood a tendency to separate if struck against the tangential or face
grain. So hitting on the longitudinal grain makes more sense. Maple is a
diffuse porous wood and has very uniform structure and tight grain.
Under a microscope it looks like a 3D traffic grid. The fibers of Maple
are short and rigid, thus the main concern with maple is that it often
breaks in half or multiple pieces causing very dangerous spear like
projectiles.
“If it means having a safer product, we’ll conform to the new MLB rules
too” says Corso. “We have always been very discrete in choosing a
straight grain for all our game bats because this makes for a stronger
bat. Since our inception in 1996, we have enforced a strict quality
control incorporating most importantly the Zero slope of grain idea for
our lumber. We have always made sure our suppliers either Split our
billets or saw for grain and fiber straightness with very little to no
slope of grain. Multi-piece fractures a far more likely to occur when
the wood rays or fiber direction is at an angle or not parallel to the
center of the wood. When hardwood logs are split, they will split along
the direction of these fibers creating the straightest possible grain in
both the longitudinal and tangential directions. When logs are sawn,
they may be sawn at an angle to those fibers of the tangential axis
creating a weak fiber direction. An ink dot will now be placed on the
Maple and Birch bat handles at the 12" mark. The ink will bleed into the
fibers of the grain and run along them revealing the direction or slope
of grain”.
“For Maple wood especially since it has a natural tendency to be more
brittle than Ash, Birch and Beech due to its short rigid fibers, the
grain in both directions need to run as parallel as possible to the
center of the piece of wood for the entire length of the bat. This will
insure optimal strength of the wood. Even though we were aware of this
in the past and made sure our bats had strict grain standards, we were
not aware of the strength difference between the two directions of
grain. All our new Maple and Birch bats will have labels on the
longitudinal grain, but will keep the labels on the traditional face
grain for Ash bats due nature of the wood itself."
Sandlot Stiks will now offer their high quality bats to the rest of the
baseball world focusing mainly on independent professional leagues and
amateurs alike. “We want to try to service our customers better than
ever before. Unfortunately when we were left hanging by MLB, the rest of
our customers felt the repercussions. We had a hard time filling some of
the orders placed at the same time MLB pulled the rug out from under us.
We simply ran out of products because we could not afford to pay for
more wood to complete the orders. It was like being in a sinking boat
and not being able to bail out fast enough. That was a terrible time for
me!” said Corso “But, now we're ready to do it right and get the
customers back.”
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Sandlot Stiks
announces the launch of its new proprietary “GREEN” bat coating.
9-3-09
Over the past several years, Chris Corso founder of Sandlot Stiks,
a small wood bat manufacturing company based in Chico, CA has been
putting his expertise in wood coatings to work by developing a new
waterborne coating specifically designed for wood baseball bats.
Mr. Corso has announced the launch of the most revolutionary
development to the wood bat industry since the introduction of
Maple bats to the market in the late 1990’s.
“With all the latest developments in the wood bat industry over
the past ten years or so, all the focus has been placed
specifically on designing a better construction of the wood bat.
We have taken this one step further and developed a better coating
to go with a better wood bat “says Corso. With the help of Matt
Ceriani of the Edmonton Capitals Professional Baseball Club and
Mac’s Professional Baseball School in Chico, CA, Mr. Corso has
developed BATLAC TM H2O waterborne topcoat with “Backspin
Technology” designed specifically for use on wood baseball bats.
“The flight of a baseball is directly impacted by the way the ball
spins after it comes off the bat. Studies have proven several key
factors control what makes a ball travel farther when hit. Bat
speed, undercut (where the ball is contacted in relationship to
its center), ball exit speed, trajectory, and backspin. The pitch
of course also helps determine how far a ball can be hit. It has
been proven under optimal conditions a seventy-eight MPH curveball
can travel farther than a ninety-four MPH fastball when hit. This
is due to a higher rate of backspin. The spin of a curveball is
augmented when hit with backspin by up to 800 RPM. A fastballs
spin must change direction when hit in order to create backspin. A
bat surface with a high coefficient of friction will help create
more backspin thus helping the ball lift, travel straighter and
with less wind resistance, resulting in more distance.”
“Conventional wood coatings available to the general public are
not designed for this type of application. In fact the majority of
clear waterborne and solvent borne high gloss topcoats being used
today by bat manufacturers are designed for furniture, cabinets
and general wood purposes. These coatings are formulated to reduce
the coefficient of friction, in turn creating a poor backspin or a
knuckleball effect caused by the ball slipping off the bat. This
kind of action kills the flight of a baseball because there is
more drag on the ball during flight” adds Corso.
“BATLAC H2O TM is designed specifically to increase the
coefficient of friction of the bat surface and help create
backspin on a batted baseball.”
Preliminary studies were performed at Mac’s Professional Baseball
School in Chico, CA. Jon Macalutas’ 7000 square foot indoor
facility is set up with five professional style batting cages
which incorporate IRON MIKE TM pitching machines that will throw
baseballs consistently in excess of 90 MPH. Corso’s initial
studies were performed in these cages to test bats coated with
BATLAC H2O TM in a controlled environment for more accurate
results.
“Initially I wanted to test the durability of the coating then I
noticed the ball marks on the bat. The labels of baseballs were
being transferred to the bat almost perfectly from the ball.
That’s when I knew I was going in the right direction with this
coating. The coefficient of friction of the coating was performing
so well it was taking the ink off the baseballs.”
Corso’s two biggest concerns regarding his new coating were that
the surface of the baseball was not to be damaged by a coating
that would leave scratches or cuts, and it had to be a waterborne
“Green” coating. “I didn’t want a coating that used a textured
surface like sand paper to create the high coefficient of
friction, it had to look like and feel like a regular clear
topcoat, and that’s what we have created. It was challenging but
we made it work, and to top it all off it’s an environmentally
safe waterborne coating. When you work around dust and wood, the
last thing you want hanging around is a bunch of flammable
liquids.”
After the preliminary tests were performed at Mac’s, Sandlot Stiks
bats coated with BATLAC H2O TM were sent to the Edmonton Capitals
for catcher Matt Ceriani to test in actual professional games
throughout the 2009 season. The result… “I put up the best
offensive season of my 13 year career at age 32. Sandlot Stiks new
bats are simply the best I’ve ever used” says Ceriani. Ceriani
posted a career best .312 batting average with 4 homeruns, 12
doubles, 37 runs batted in, a .375 on base percentage and a .420
slugging percentage in over 200 at bats for the Capitals this
season. Ceriani has used Sandlot Stiks almost exclusively
throughout his career and has noticed the difference since
swinging the new BATLAC H2O TM version. “I’ve always loved Sandlot
Stiks, but the ball just comes off better now; it really carries
when you hit one good.”
Chris Corso, a professional hitting instructor and former
professional baseball player, helped the Chico Outlaws
Professional Baseball Club of the independent Golden Baseball
League to their best offensive season in 2008. Corso took over the
reigns as hitting coach from Outlaws manager and former hitting
coach Jon Macalutas. Macalutas himself used Sandlot Stiks during
his own 8 year professional career as a player; not to anyone’s
surprise the team used Sandlot Stiks bats in 2008.
The Outlaws ordered 80 Sandlot Stiks for an 86 game schedule; the
team used just 70 of those bats all year. “Individual players in
the MLB have been known to go through over 100 bats a year on a
regular basis for a 160 game schedule. We used 70% of that for an
entire team in over half the amount of games, that’s impressive”
says Corso.
Mr. Corso is also an expert in the development of wood coatings
and has worked or consulted for companies such as Alternative
Materials Technology, Chemcraft Coatings, TTC, and most recently
Precision Technical Coatings. Combined with fifteen years of
developing and manufacturing wood baseball bats, the perfect
combination has arrived for the best performing wood bats on the
market…Sandlot Stiks.
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you play or have a baseball team from any of the cities below call
for team placement information 503-208-2009
If you live in any of these cities call about being placed on a
team.
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