Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

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Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

Brian (BMH).....Is this following statement true?


"On a recent visit to the Louisville Slugger plant I spoke with personnel there to help identify this particular bat. It is barrel stamped BPAS which I was unfamiliar with. It raised a few eyebrows as several other employees gathered around to discuss it. BPAS stands for Ball Players Assortment. These are bats that are produced for the intent of athletes to come in and "try out" to see which one they like best. The BPAS bats are never sold and otherwise are not allowed to ever leave the plant. While there, an employee took me over to a section of the plant where there was a rack full of these BPAS bats that are there for players to "test swing".


I copied and pasted this here because I was curious how accurate it was. If it is true, how would this BPAS bat have gotten into the hands of an outside source? Just curious, thanks.

Steve

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Just curious, because I feel I must be missing something: What makes this guy illiterate? What makes him an ++++ Where are the lies and false descriptions? The only thing that seems to be out of place is "rare," which actually can be called true, since none of us here has seen or heard of such a bat until this seller brought this to our attention. At worst, it seems like a little hype, but I fail to see the cause to come down on this seller in such a tone.

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

The illiterate part comes from his typos in his auction, Ken.

Unlike here, you have all the opportunity to correct typos, misspellings, etc. He didn't have the concern or pride to do so. Maybe you don't either? But I know when I have the opportunity to do so.....I take it.

Also, I had no idea whether the bat was made of Amish Maple. All I knew is that it was Maple. Then Brian made the statement of not always believing what you read on the net. Still, that wasn't completely telling, but it told me something was misleading. I took him for his word.....which was that something was amiss.

I call out the liers who misrepresent......even if ever so slightly...... when they are presented here. , and only used by "pros".

[earlywynnfan]

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The "A" used to stand for "Ash"....it could mean one of a dozen things here.

Just another illiterateebayer stumbling through his false description of lies to get some poor soul to take......and the funny thing is, at $49.99, he isn't going to make any money, so what's up with that? I guess he would if the bat is stolen....then it's all pure profit to him, but who knows?

Just curious, because I feel I must be missing something: What makes this guy illiterate? What makes him an +++ Where are the lies and false descriptions? The only thing that seems to be out of place is "rare," which actually can be called true, since none of us here has seen or heard of such a bat until this seller brought this to our attention. At worst, it seems like a little hype, but I fail to see the cause to come down on this seller in such a tone.

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

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As for making money...a BPAS bat will cost a minor leaguer $26, so he's doubling his profit.

So risking your sellers reputation for $26 bucks is a solid approach on ebay these days by claiming it's "rare".....hmmm.

Not something I would do, but maybe that was his only one he intended to sell and he hoped for the best. Just another example of why you should do your homework, and.....it's good to be a forum member here. We get aqnswers right from the horses mouth here. Thanks Brian.

[BMH]

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As for making money...a BPAS bat will cost a minor leaguer $26, so he's doubling his profit.

[BMH]

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It is "Amish" Maple. We have another supplier of Maple and it happens to be from an Amish mill. We mark them to keep track of them in case there is a problem and we can trace the bat back to the mill. Main difference between Amish and our regular maple is the Amish seems whiter. As for rare...um, it's a BPAS bat. Nothing rare about it.

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The "A" used to stand for "Ash"....it could mean one of a dozen things here.

Just another illiterate ebayer stumbling through his false description of lies to get some poor soul to take......and the funny thing is, at $49.99, he isn't going to make any money, so what's up with that? I guess he would if the bat is stolen....then it's all pure profit to him, but who knows?

[brianborsch]

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Hey Brian,

Is the seller misrepresenting the bat he is selling? What can you tell us about the bat in the listing? I figured it wasn't direct from LVS as there is writing under the knob, and LVS doesn't typically write stuff under the knob.

[BMH]

Re: Louisville Slugger makes Amish Maple Bats?

You shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet.

[IronPigs92]

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Do these Amish maple bats provide an advantage?
ScS

This is the first time I have heard of this wood. I would also like to know what the advantages are.

[Sincityson]

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Do these Amish maple bats provide an advantage?

Have they ever made bats out of Hickory wood?

ScS

[IronPigs92]

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