Ray started bat revaluation period and the standard! These bats let little guys hit like big guys and big guys dangerous. 96-99 was the time to play ball and 97 was my favorite year with the splash curved end cap had 2. The first Demarini I ever hit in 96 a foul ball 350y opposite field and out of the park and I wanted one! Wilson can talk all the smack they want they missed the start of the BAT Revaluation and paid big time to catch up period, and the bat has never been the same even now! The Worth PST took there place at the top with a kinda reversed engineered bat and then this was when the bat doctoring started because bats started to be rated because they started to get to dangerous! Then Composites came on the seine with Miken, first the crap bat with a 1/2" sweet spot then Miken Ultra everything but the knob was hot which was ban then the Miken Ultra II it was the 97 DeMarini after 50 hits or less. Now your best BATS has been composites every since! DeMarini got PAID by Wilson "MILLIONS" and couple years or less later found he had cancer and passed away, it was a sad time. He made a deep mark in this big world! Same for my friend Dirk the Blaster Androlf, RIP...
I love the ball in the late 90's. I used to go watch the big boys at the Smokey. I met Dirk in Johnson City, TN and got his autograph. Awesome guy. R.I.P.
This is like the best early aughts parody of the world of slow pitch softball...Priceless
Ray started bat revaluation period and the standard! These bats let little guys hit like big guys and big guys dangerous. 96-99 was the time to play ball and 97 was my favorite year with the splash curved end cap had 2. The first Demarini I ever hit in 96 a foul ball 350y opposite field and out of the park and I wanted one! Wilson can talk all the smack they want they missed the start of the BAT Revaluation and paid big time to catch up period, and the bat has never been the same even now! The Worth PST took there place at the top with a kinda reversed engineered bat and then this was when the bat doctoring started because bats started to be rated because they started to get to dangerous! Then Composites came on the seine with Miken, first the crap bat with a 1/2" sweet spot then Miken Ultra everything but the knob was hot which was ban then the Miken Ultra II it was the 97 DeMarini after 50 hits or less. Now your best BATS has been composites every since! DeMarini got PAID by Wilson "MILLIONS" and couple years or less later found he had cancer and passed away, it was a sad time. He made a deep mark in this big world! Same for my friend Dirk the Blaster Androlf, RIP...
I love the ball in the late 90's. I used to go watch the big boys at the Smokey. I met Dirk in Johnson City, TN and got his autograph. Awesome guy. R.I.P.