Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

[Swoboda4]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?



"It is Amish Maple." "...and it happens to be from an Amish Mill."
For tonights performance,the role of Marshall McLuan will be played by...

[Swoboda4]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

In fairness to Steve, Brian's initial one sentence response("You shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet.") to this threads main question left many believing LS in fact doesn't make Amish bats. Steve then went to the races against the seller only to have Brian write soon after that LS does make Amish wood bats.
So the main question has been answered,they do make them. As for LS Amish bats being rare,I think on average they are. I Googled Amish bats and the only purchasing you can do is with Akadema with over 11 models of Amish wood pro bats for sale for about $70 each. If as a minor leaguer,you have to come to the factory to get them,I would say calling this bat rare doesn't raise an eyebrow. Is the ebay seller being slick,that maybe is another story. I went on LS website and with no search engine on the page I eventually made my way to the wood bat section but couldn't read the small print on the attachment PDF. LS main page showcases exclusively aluminum bats and as they say:
"Unless you’re in the pros or playing in a wood-bat league, we’ll assume that you’ll be swinging aluminum."

[earlywynnfan]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

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Was I bit tough on him......Yeah, I'll throw you that consession. But in a perfect world, one should be able to go to the description of an item that's up for auction, and when they read what it says, they should be able to proceed to the "bid" button without concerns over having to decifer what part is true, what part is false, what parts are half-truths, borderline-misleading, or something else entirely.

That's the part that sets off my cynical side, and makes me go into attack mode. Just state the dang facts, and be honest about what it is you're trying to sell! If it appears to me that isn't happening, then expect to hear it. I don't feel the need to backpeddal or apologize for having that stance on the matter. quote]

No, I don't understand. I'm one of those fuddy-duddy types that believe there is too much rudeness in this world, too little civility to our fellow man. The internet has led to a feeling of superiority, where we can say whatever the hell we want, and if we offend or are just plain wrong, well, too bad, I don't have to face anyone anyways. Look back over my posts to you: THAT is the point I try to convey.


I, like many who have responded to me, want this thread to be positive and informative, not "pile on some dude" or "gee, my wife is hot." Perhaps the majority disagree; "In a perfect world" people wouldn't be rude for minimal reason,



Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

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Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

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Was I bit tough on him......Yeah, I'll throw you that consession. But in a perfect world, one should be able to go to the description of an item that's up for auction, and when they read what it says, they should be able to proceed to the "bid" button without concerns over having to decifer what part is true, what part is false, what parts are half-truths, borderline-misleading, or something else entirely.

That's the part that sets off my cynical side, and makes me go into attack mode. Just state the dang facts, and be honest about what it is you're trying to sell! If it appears to me that isn't happening, then expect to hear it. I don't feel the need to backpeddal or apologize for having that stance on the matter. quote]

No, I don't understand. I'm one of those fuddy-duddy types that believe there is too much rudeness in this world, too little civility to our fellow man. The internet has led to a feeling of superiority, where we can say whatever the hell we want, and if we offend or are just plain wrong, well, too bad, I don't have to face anyone anyways. Look back over my posts to you: THAT is the point I try to convey.


I, like many who have responded to me, want this thread to be positive and informative, not "pile on some dude" or "gee, my wife is hot." Perhaps the majority disagree; "In a perfect world" people wouldn't be rude for minimal reason,



Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

Funny thing is, I agree with you on the lack of civility. The rude thing too, but that's more subjective.

[BMH]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

Well, we don't make Amish bats. We get some of our wood from the Amish. This is a slight difference but a major one when considering wood turnings. When you say "Amish bats" people think of the Amish making the bats. In our case, we purchase wood that has been dried by the Amish in their vacuum drier. We then turn the billets they sell us into bats.

We do this because our vacuum drier doesn't have the capacity we need at the moment. We mark them in case there is a problem and we can trace it back to where the wood came from and fix said problem. We could just mark them on the order tickets but the "A" on the knob makes it simple for the EM to tell us where the wood came from.

[Swoboda4]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

The question always was,does LOUISVILLE SLUGGER MAKE Amish wood bats. Yes. (As Brian said,"..We then turn the billets they(Amish) sell us into bats.

Is Mr.Ronks from Bird-in-Hand Pa. milling the bats himself. No.

(Associate thread within thread):Is L/S amish wood bats rare? Apparently.

[suicide_squeeze]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

Well, we don't make Amish bats. We get some of our wood from the Amish. This is a slight difference but a major one when considering wood turnings. When you say "Amish bats" people think of the Amish making the bats. In our case, we purchase wood that has been dried by the Amish in their vacuum drier. We then turn the billets they sell us into bats.

We do this because our vacuum drier doesn't have the capacity we need at the moment. We mark them in case there is a problem and we can trace it back to where the wood came from and fix said problem. We could just mark them on the order tickets but the "A" on the knob makes it simple for the EM to tell us where the wood came from.

Brian, thanks again for the crystal clear explanation.

What would've been nice, no, actually, appropriate, is for the guy who is selling the bat to take the time to contact Louisville Slugger in the first place, get the facts straight, and then list the facts correctly in his auction. But again, that's too much to ask in this day and age. You potential buyers will just have to figure it all out yourself. . It doesn't matter if the facts are presented as "extremely rare" when in fact there's nothing rare about it at all....it's OK to be accepting of this type of "M.O".....it's ebay folks, and there's no one driving the ship!!

Then some bully hide-behind-the-puter coward aall-time loser-of-the-forum drama queen like myself wouldn't have to sound off on the poor guy. Someone......please......drive a wooden stake through my heart so the forum can be saved from my onslaught!

[suave1477]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

Suicide I am not looking to get into a back anf forth with you or for that matter anyone here but has anyone here taken into consideration maybe the seller was misinformed.

Suicide this is your qoute
"What would've been nice, no, actually, appropriate, is for the guy who is selling the bat to take the time to contact Louisville Slugger in the first place,"

This was in the sellers description
"The Louisville Rep said this was one of the first amish bats made by Louisville"

Whether he is lying or not I have no idea, but he does state he did make the effort to contact someone at the company, whether, he spoke to a bat rep or the sales person in the gift shop or the parking attendant down the block from L/S. Who knows???

But maybe it is possible he did go the extra mile to research it and he was misinformed by someone there, who ever it was.

These things do happen.

Suicide I know in your world there is no room for error but sometimes you have to give the person the benefit of the doubt and at least hear there side.


Has anyone contacted or tried contacting the seller???

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Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

Has anyone contacted or tried contacting the seller???

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[BMH]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

The question always was,does LOUISVILLE SLUGGER MAKE Amish wood bats. Yes. (As Brian said,"..We then turn the billets they(Amish) sell us into bats.

Is Mr.Ronks from Bird-in-Hand Pa. milling the bats himself. No.

(Associate thread within thread):Is L/S amish wood bats rare? Apparently.

That depends, we also send them wood to dry for us. So this might have been one of those billets we sent to them to dry for us

Personally, Fifty bucks for a Maple, large barrel bat is a bargain no matter what story the guy is trying to sell with it. Most of the ones in stores start at $80+

[earlywynnfan]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

Yep, Steve, Just the sort of responses I expected.

Don't bother teaching me anything more, I won't be here to listen.



Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[suicide_squeeze]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

Yep, Steve, you're all class. Just the sort of responses I expected.

Don't bother teaching me anything more, I won't be here to listen.


Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

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