Getting to Know Your Wooden Baseball Bat Nothing compares to stepping up to the plate while holding a wooden baseball bat. The feel of grain and pine tar, the unique “crack” when the barrel hits the baseball - the sound that defines the game for over a century.
Birdman Bats, B45 Baseball, Mark Lumber and Recken. These are some of my favorite brands when looking for a wooden baseball bat! Anyway, now that you’ve got your wood bat, here are a few things that you need to know.
Why Use a Wooden Bat? Wooden baseball bats have smaller sweet spots and are a touch heavier than metal bats - which makes them perfect for players to develop and practice for the perfect swing. Although metal baseball bats are almost exclusively used in league play up until the collegiate level, practicing w/ metal bats can result in poor swing habits like hitting with the bat’s handle or end - this is because metal bats are a lot more forgiving than wood. Hitting the baseball this way with the wooden bat may result in a broken bat, which will encourage players to correct poor swing habits to avoid consequences.