Easton's Prominence in Baseball
Easton has been on the forefront of many enhancements on sporting equipment technology. It is a company that was started in the 1930's by Doug Easton originally because of his ambition to creating better quality arrows made of aluminum that would improve traditional archery. Easton has evolved into a leader in making sporting goods because of their advances in the use of aluminum and that has carried into many sports such as baseball, softball, hockey and biking over the last 5 decades, all while standing behind the quality of what they put into the market.
Years later, Easton jumped into producing baseball bats and was recognized for their innovative aluminum baseball bats, a design that was introduced during the 1970's. They have been the first to improve on new technologies every step of the way throughout the whole aluminum baseball bat evolution. Easton baseball bat developers have lead the way in producing baseball bats using new lighter weight and more durable metals such as scandium and titanium for increased performance as well as using composite metals that are state-of-the-art as of now. Easton also played a role in introducing multi-wall technology which adds to the overall area and responsiveness of the 'sweet spot' on the barrel. Easton now makes a triple-wall bat known as the 'tri-shell' design and is the only bat making company to use this technology. They were the first to craft a two-part baseball bat when they started producing their 'Connexion' series, which gives flexibility to the bat for increased power. Easton baseball bats are setting trends for other bat making companies today.
Easton now supplies many models of aluminum baseball bats to ensure that there is a bat out there to meet an individual's specific needs. They have youth, high-school, and collegiate certified baseball bats as well as an adult line. Easton baseball bat reviews are always more than satisfactory and the improvements on their products are made to improve your game.
Joe Rodgers has taught at all competitive levels of baseball and maintains a website about baseball bats.
Published March 23rd, 2008
Filed in Sport
