Sam Bat Maple Wood Baseball Bat: RB8 Natural/Black Adult
Features
Handle: 29/32 Inch Diameter
Approximate -2 to -3 Length to Weight Ratio
Natural Handle / Black Barrel Finish
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Made From Top 5% of Hard Maple Prime Grade Timber
Pro Cupped End
Ryan Braun Game-Day Model
2 1/2 Inch Barrel Diameter
Flared Knob
Description
The RB8 is the exact model that Sam Bat designed for MLB slugger Ryan Braun to use in games. Now you can use the same quality bat as many professional players. Sam Bat! Some folks will lead you to believe that wood is wood, and that the brand does not matter. Others will tell you that the bigger the brand, the better the wood, because of their sheer mass of raw materials, and the ability to hand select the finest timber. We will tell you that is only the beginning. All Sam Bat timber is of the highest grade Hard Maple available in North America. Every bat to come out of the mill is made from the top 5% of Hard Maple Prime Grade Timber. That makes a Sam Bat good, but what happens next makes it great. Conventional lathes put a tremendous amount of stress on timber as the wood is being turned. This fatigue weakens the stick before it even sees the ballpark. Sam Bat timber is turned into a baseball bat on a proprietary lathe, custom built for and designed by Sam Holman, the founder of Sam Bat. This exclusive technology puts absolutely no stress on the timber during the production process. Most bats lose at least 4-5 long shots before they leave the factory floor, but Sam Bats keep them. But the real test is at the elite pro level. In just a few years, hundreds of professional players have made the switch to Sam Bat Hard Maple. Sam Bat: The Original Maple Bat Corporation! Free Shipping!
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 11 Customer Reviews
Anonymous
Pros: This is the best wood bat out there. This hits the ball better then a BBCOR. Weight is very well balanced.
Cons: NONE.
sam bat
Pros: best wood bat ive use so far. they should put this knob on every bat
Cons: labels arent lined up with the grain
Jack
Pros: Great Bat. I always need tape on my bats because of bad grip but this bat has great grip and makes solid contact
Cons:
aramayrameray
Pros: fells legistics
Cons: none
Big T
Pros: Bat is very strong - handle is great
Cons: Barrel is much smaller than i thought. Q
Duncan77
Pros: Amazing bat, with incredible pop. Balanced, and great looking. Note when ordering you can specify the cup depth at the end of the barrel, from shallow to med to deep. It will effect the sweet spot on the barrel.
Cons: None
Philly Phanatic
Pros: Special "click" with each hit. Very smooth, no vibrations. Increased my bat speed
Cons: none. go for it
Stache
Pros: It has great pop. Nice handle. A little end heavy could be a con. Best bat out there.
Cons: A little end heavy could be a pro.
griff
Pros: great bat, feels awesome off the barrel. really whips through the zone well. hard to explain, but it feels balanced, yet somewhat end loaded.
Cons: none
jaypee37
Pros: I used this bat for 3 months and it was nice, very good balance, actually I will use this model for a long time this season
Cons: none
Griff24
Pros: Great bat. Feels balanced yet it whips through the zone like an end loaded bat. Sweet spot is big, and the knob is very comfortable.
Cons: None, but in the review by the name "Sam bat" he says the grains aren't lined up but they actually are. Maple is supposed to be hit on the circular grains.
Questions and Answers
Have a question about the Sam Bat Maple Wood Baseball Bat: RB8 Natural/Black Adult? Ask our team of experts and they will respond within 24 hours.
How big is the barrel of the Sam Bat RB8? d
How's this bat for a 16 yr old transitioning from a BBCOR? casey
What does the cupped end do? lab tested
Is this a 1/2 cup, no cup, or full cup bat? Jonny
Is this bat end-loaded or nicely balanced? Hogeyy
What is the difference between a regular handle and a flared handle? tos
Is this bat Little League approved? bryce
I was looking at this bat and the Marucci AP5. Which one is better? Spartans 18
Is it true that the labels are not lined up with the grain and if so will that be an issue? bosox99
I want your opinion which would you rather get the VMC243 or the RB8 Black/Natural Adult? colonel for life
Would you recommend this bat to a player who likes a very thin handle? Manny
What is the barrel diameter of this bat? trainer
Which Sam Bat has the biggest barrel? tj
What turn model is this bat? Would you suggest this bat or the Louisville Slugger MLB Prime CG 110 for a primarily contact hitter? jp
What are the differences between the RB8 model and and the the KB1? Which one is more balanced? Yb
Which bat would be better for a contact hitter with some power, the Sam Bat RB8 or the Old Hickory YP66? Which bat is more balanced? Maeda
Is the RB8 in any way similar to a 243 turn model? prince
Is it ink dot tested? n
How is this bat different than Sam bat's Miguel Cabrera model? Tyler
About the Brand
Sam Bat grew out of careful research and a thorough knowledge of eastern hardwoods. It also developed from a simple question by Bill MacKenzie, then of the Colorado Rockies: "We're just breaking too many bats. Do you think you could come up with an answer to that?" The solution was fairly obvious. But the answer led to a pile of work and a crash course on bats. The reading list ranged from "The Physics of Baseball", "The Rules of Major League Baseball", "219 Patents on Baseball Bats" to "The Trees of Canada, Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers". There was also the search for wood which, for carvers and lovers of wood is never ending..
Living in and near Ottawa was a huge advantage in developing the Sam Bat concept. It's a researcher's dream centre: home of the Canadian patent library, two first rate universities, the Wood Council, the Canadian Forest Research Centre, the National and other extensive Libraries - all in the centre of the richest deciduous forest of North America.
However, sifting through the mountains of information - especially reading 219 U.S. patents - was painfully tedious. Perhaps Sam Bat hadn't been invented because no one had ever had the heart to turn one after this task. In fact, simply going by patent law, ash would be the only choice.
Developing the business end was also time-consuming. Then there was the task of translating maple (a much more dense wood than ash) into a workable model with the accepted range of bat lengths and weights. One thing was sure: Sam Bat were determined to come up with a line of bats that would be more than adequate to deal with the needs of major league baseball.
Designed and Produced in Canada
The Original Maple Bat Corporation began operations in February 1997, and is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Our corporate purpose is to introduce a new wooden baseball bat to Major League Baseball. Since our first year we have come a long way to achieving this goal. Since prototype testing in 1996 we realized that we had a bat that was tougher and will last longer than the ash bat traditionally in use. It is our goal to provide the best maple we can buy for use in our Sam Bats.
Canadian Maple
We make our bats from sap and better Canadian maple, the best grade available. It is kiln dried to a moisture content of 7% - 9%. The specific gravity is 63%. The selection of sugar maple allows us to model our bats extremely close to other wood bats. We are familiar with most models of wooden bats that are commonly in use.
Sam Bat: The Logo
You don't fool around with the word bat – baseball or otherwise – without a fair amount of fun. It was kitchen table nonsense talk of the first order: about a natural sense of radar and, of course, about the idea itself: "It flies!" It led to the need for a symbol. If the name was to be Sam Bat, there seemed only one conclusion: it had to be a picture of the "little devil" itself.
Artist Nathan Holman, Sam's brother, came up with the bat design over the phone one evening to Sam. He said he'd put it on paper right away. It was a good design: clean and simple. Nathan's bat picture (with wonkey eyes cut out by Nathan's daughter, Laura) remained the same. Its strong, unique design should be visible from the furthest bleachers – or the smallest living room TV. More than attractive, it gives Sam Bat its new and youthful identity as what will undoubtedly be dubbed the best baseball bat in the world.
The Challenge...
From the beginning, there was no question about their market. They knew they would come up with a standard that would be universal to baseball, starting with the big leagues. The result is one of the prettiest and yet meanest baseball bats in the world. We suggest to the professional player that they provide us with a profile of a bat he is currently using. Yes, it can have a crack. We will turn a Sam Bat that he will use and enjoy.
We dare anyone to challenge this the only way that really counts: by putting Sam Bat to the test.
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