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JS
Woods Bat Company
The finest pro style maple bats on the market: JS
Woods, the official wood bat of Federal League Baseball offers
pro quality maple bats.
Why Maple?
Maple is the preferred wood used by many
major leaguers. As of 2006 about half of all major leaguers
use maple bats up from 0 in 1995. Why would there be such
a trend to use a more expensive, explosive bat if the pros
didn't see an advantage? Here's what we found from one of
our competitors:
- It
is denser and has a harder surface than ash
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It is a ''closed-grain'' wood, which makes it similar to a
laminated product. The result is less flaking than ash and
more durability
- Among
major league players using maple bats: Miguel Tejada;
David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Edgar Renteria, Adam Dunn (also uses beech);
, Pat Burrell; and Albert Pujols.
Source:
Louisville Slugger
Other
things to consider:
-Ash
will get softer and the grain will separate. Maple has a
harder surface, doesn't split and doesn't get soft
-Maple
is the hardest wood being used in the MLB on the Janka wood
hardness scale. The Janka rating is a measure of
the amount of force it takes to push a .444" diameter
steel ball half way into a piece of wood. Sound kind of
similar to anything in baseball? Here's how some popular
woods used in bats measure out:
Maple
1450
Oak
1360
Ash
1320
Beech
1300
The Bats (pictured clockwise, from top left):
JSM
101-thin handle, medium barrel, similar to C271
JSM
102-thin handle, larger barrel, similar to C243
JSM
202-medium handle, larger barrel, similar to T141
JSM
303-thick handle, big barrel, similar to M110
JSM
302-thick handle, larger barrel, similar to T141
JSM 203-medium handle, big
barrel, similar to M110
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