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    GHOST ADVANCED

    Hot bats have a chance of cracking. I'd rather see videos and stories of imperfect hits getting smoked off those hot bats! Coming from an underperforming LXT, DD knew the Advanced was hot right way. 1st at-bat, she mistakenly tried to pull an outside pitch but still smoked it between 3rd and...
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    GHOST ADVANCED

    Any input on what players are using for BP bats with similar swing weighting as the Ghost Advanced? DD has a 33/-10 Advanced with a -9 in reserve. She's using her old (now) dead 33/-9 LXT for BP but not sure how long the connection is gonna last. P.S. Hopefully this hasn't been discussed...
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    2020 RXT cheap

    Got my (then) 18 YO DD a 33/23 RXT last year. She loves LXTs but thought the RXT was dead and too light. Her coach agreed when using it for fungo. It now decorates the old bat bucket in the garage.
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    Alabama home cooked strike zone

    This was the called ball 3 in the last at-bat before the ump walked in the winning run for AL. This was the moment I knew the game was fixed. Before this at-bat, the umpire allowed a phantom hit-by-pitch to get on base. After this call, Sara G slowly walked towards homeplate, within a few feet...
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    2020 rxt?

    I wrote this on another thread. College-aged DD loved her 33-23 at first. She liked the feel, sound and thought it had really good pop off the bat early on. Two months later, the sound changed to a dull thud and it felt dead. Her coach tried it in BP and declared it dead too. Not sure what...
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    Blue Ghost or 2020 Ghost

    Garcia probably had that tank Mako broken in and singing after thousands of swings. She hit the same number of HRs in 2018 with the Mako as 2019 with the Ghost. Unreal.
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    Blue Ghost or 2020 Ghost

    That was Rachel Garcia using a 2015 Mako during the 2018 season. She finally went to a Blue Ghost last year 2019.
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    2020 RXT

    I might take back my bold prediction from above. DD says her RXT went dead on her already, only a few weeks after starting to use it. The sound changed from a pop to a dull thud, and the ball doesn't fly off it like it did. The coach tried it out in BP and declared it dead too. Sure wish I had a...
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    2020 Louisville Slugger bats?

    The RXT is a totally different bat from the PXT. The PXT, from what I understand, used relatively old-school technology with a thicker single wall composite. Plus it's end-loaded so it really needed a strong power swing to maximize its potential. The RXT uses a thin outer wall with a a single...
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    GHOST ADVANCED

    Is the barrel longer longer on the Advanced?
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    GHOST ADVANCED

    I'm curious about weights and balance points on the Advanced compared to the normal Ghost once people get a chance to measure.
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    GHOST ADVANCED

    I know your quip about the $449 is tongue-in-cheek, but the pricing issue is still valid. It seems to me Easton pushed the original Ghost's performance as far as it could - to the point of it being almost too fragile. It has great pop, a wide sweet spot, mid-pack stiffness on the joint, and...
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    GHOST ADVANCED

    I don't understand the $449.95 price point for the Advanced. Seems to me that it's going to be in direct competition with other more balanced "barrel tech" type bats like the RXT/LXT, Prism, Power Carbon, Quatro Pro, etc. that are all well below $400. I get the feeling sales might languish...
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    2020 RXT

    My (humble) prediction is that the RXT becomes one of the "hot" bats of 2020. College-aged DD just took hers to BP for the first time and came away impressed. It's best strength might be good pop along most of the barrel including inside just before it starts tapering towards the connection...
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    2020 rxt?

    Found one on moderate discount. Will report back once I/we get a chance to swing it.
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    2020 rxt?

    Once the RXT is allowed some sort of discount somewhere, I'll probably be in the market for it (for 18 yo DD). I'm too stubborn to pay full retail price for a bat.
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    is this believable

    DD's HS team sponsored a tournament and volunteer parents were sitting around a table with the long-time coach. The conversation came up about parents blurting out potential illegalities from the opposing team so the umpire could hear (e.g. bats, jewelry, substitutions, etc.). The coach...
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    Needing a new, custom catchers mitt. Thinking about getting a custom Marucci.

    I noticed that too. Marucci's custom glove building animations make the gloves look like cheap plastic. They need to work on that.
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    Needing a new, custom catchers mitt. Thinking about getting a custom Marucci.

    I noticed on the Marucci website for custom gloves, one option would be to go with the more expensive kip leather Capitol series (sold stock as a baseball glove) but go with the deeper pocket for fastpitch. I've never bought nor owned a kip leather glove. Has anyone here had any experience...
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    Needing a new, custom catchers mitt. Thinking about getting a custom Marucci.

    Yeah, this year's stock Murucci gloves are a honey color with white trim compared to last year's light gray. Looks nice. DD actually wanted a white color last year, but knew that white turns to gray as soon as you oil it or get it dirty, so the light gray was OK with her. Marucci did get rid of...

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