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In the market for a new bat for fall babe ruth I guess. Any thoughts on blue ghost vs lxt both 29/-11? Hard to find anything in stock in this size to demo....
Broken CF6 Vendetta
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I would go with 17, 18 LXT. Can’t speak to 19 LXT don’t have one. 18 ASA Ghost is good bat but has issues with cracking also smaller sweet spot IMO. LXT is also more evenly balanced. Ghosts tend to be endloaded and over weight.
Xeno is also a good choice or Rawlings Velo is very similar to Demarini at a great price.
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2019 LXT -12s are on closeout for $175 so really leaning towards this. It's her birthday in a couple days and want to treat her with her first new in the wrapper bat. She works really hard ;-)
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The drop 12’s are on clearance for a reason. Bad reviews no pop. They are going for $100 less than drop 8’s - drop 11’s.
IMO LXT is the best bat in Fastpitch. I just picked-up a 2020 drop 11 for one of my daughters. We had a girl on our 14U travel team that had a 2019 LXT for a short time and hated it. She used my daughters 18 ASA Ghost during BP and got one of her own. Loves it. Another players 18 ASA bat cracked and she got another one. I see quite a few used 2019 LXT’s on Ebay for sale so that makes me a little cautious. My other daughter wants a 2020 Ghost so I gotta wait til late August/early September until the drop 11’s come out. (Hoping she likes/uses the 20 LXT as well).
If you like Demarini bats I would consider 2019 CF Zen drop 11. Nice big sweet spot and evenly balanced. Or LXT drop 11.
There are also several 2018 ASA Ghosts on Ebay smaller sizes drop 11’s starting at $139.
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How so EF?
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Yes she is a very petite 9yo moving to 10u ball this fall. Has great bat speed and hitting very well with the vendetta in spite of a few mechanics issues we are working on. My hesitation in moving up size comes from her diminutive stature. We use regular 11in balls here.
I'm a little confused about how you come to the opinion that the LXT is the best. The examples you listed seem to point in a contrary direction.
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