New Louisville Slugger Design

[Desi]

Louisville has changed the design of their bats for 2013. Per usual, I'm not a fan of change, but this will probably, eventually grow on me.



http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...15157&c_id=mlb


-Desi

[happyyoungster]

Wow...looks like my 1st grader could have done better. Like the original poster stated, it may eventually grow on me.

[joelsabi]

Wow...looks like my 1st grader could have done better. Like the original poster stated, it may eventually grow on me.

what the video. some interesting decoding symbols on the other side of the barrell.

[frikativ54]

Louisville has changed the design of their bats for 2013. Per usual, I'm not a fan of change, but this will probably, eventually grow on me.



http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...15157&c_id=mlb


-Desi

The "That's aftermarket" line at the end was priceless.

[flota89]

I hate to see them change things this much. Not a big fan of the framed signature.

[brianborsch]

Yeah, the retail bats on ebay look the same. But the retail versions were out before hand....

[justinwc80]

Is this real? Would LS really change this radically? Wow not a fan

[emann]

Coming from a designer who does product branding, I think this design was a step backwards and sad to see. They remind me of the "Turn Ahead the Clock" uniforms... and not in a good way.

The old LVS had tradition, this looks like it's aping the worst features of the competition... It would have been a creative goldmine to rework these bats for the future while retaining the long LVS tradition and this is what they came up with?

These look like a cross between a commemorative bat and some of the modern bats (like Trinity or X-Bat) that haven't really found a specific branding look yet and are just bland. Also, nothing looks burned-in, I'm assuming it's all foil stamped or screened on now...

I like the idea of the icons showing what the bat specs are, but think this should have been on the knob or the barrel end, no reason to emphasize these.

It seems like they're making these unnaturally futuristic with the icons and the overall framed look. I'm assuming someone made a comment that the old bats looked too old or outdated and LVS went too far in the other direction.

[rdeversole]

I think it's hideous and unfortunate. The "Genuine Major League Baseball" line is completely unnecessary. It's more of a defacing than a rebranding...

[chakes89]

What the heck is that crap?