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Sep 10, 2017
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Anyone know anything about the difference between the CF Zen and the Carbon Candy?

I’m also wondering about the Carbon Candy. My daughter is a HS player and she’s very biased toward Demarini. I just wonder what the difference is between this and the Zen. She’s gotten a lot stronger in the last year and I really wonder what the key differences are. The description says it’s for “high-school hitters” so does that mean it’s similar to the Ghost, PXT (yuck), etc.? Marketed as a bat for stronger hitters?
 
May 24, 2013
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I’m also wondering about the Carbon Candy. My daughter is a HS player and she’s very biased toward Demarini. I just wonder what the difference is between this and the Zen. She’s gotten a lot stronger in the last year and I really wonder what the key differences are. The description says it’s for “high-school hitters” so does that mean it’s similar to the Ghost, PXT (yuck), etc.? Marketed as a bat for stronger hitters?

The Ghost is marketed towards stronger players?
 
Sep 10, 2017
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The Ghost is marketed towards stronger players?

Not specifically, I guess. I just saw a ton of local power hitters switch to the Ghost very quickly, not so much contact hitters who mostly stuck with Wilson brands.
Why does Easton have the Stealth Flex? I guess I just meant the Ghost just seems like a 3/4/5 hitter type bat, but certainly not exclusively.
 
May 24, 2013
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Not specifically, I guess. I just saw a ton of local power hitters switch to the Ghost very quickly, not so much contact hitters who mostly stuck with Wilson brands.
Why does Easton have the Stealth Flex? I guess I just meant the Ghost just seems like a 3/4/5 hitter type bat, but certainly not exclusively.

One of my DD's teammates is typically our #1 hitter (smaller, fast runner, high OBP). She's definitely not what one would consider a prototypical 3-4-5 type hitter. She hit her first-ever OTF HR this weekend using our #4 hitter's Ghost.
 
Jul 29, 2013
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One of my DD's teammates is typically our #1 hitter (smaller, fast runner, high OBP). She's definitely not what one would consider a prototypical 3-4-5 type hitter. She hit her first-ever OTF HR this weekend using our #4 hitter's Ghost.

So does she already have one of those thin 3' long boxes already in route to her by a large brown truck yet?
 

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Not specifically, I guess. I just saw a ton of local power hitters switch to the Ghost very quickly, not so much contact hitters who mostly stuck with Wilson brands.
Why does Easton have the Stealth Flex? I guess I just meant the Ghost just seems like a 3/4/5 hitter type bat, but certainly not exclusively.

There is no specific bat, its what you feel good with. Just because someone switches, doesn't mean its a specific type of bat. Ghost is not just for power hitters, just like
CF's/LXTs/QPros aren't just for contact hitters. Gotta realize, CFs are very, very balanced...so a contact hitter may love that feel and not switch. Many people that swing
CF's...will usually say most any other bat swings heavier than their bat.

And the only thing I am shocked about by not having the slapper, is that it didn't stop after the first year. Sales were terrible every year and their worst selling bat BY FAR.
Think it was a niche they didn't really need to explore. You don't need a special bat to be a slapper...they had very balanced bats anyway that people were fine with.
 
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