Combat is going bye bye
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MormonBaller
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They shouldve ended after the lady virus
hrdchrgin13
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****ing Easton
clementeunknown
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Mother****ers
lx_2nv
Coach
DaIrishman
Shut Up And Play
this sucks
The BP Hero
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Unfortunate. Combat makes a better bat than Easton does right now anyway, IMO. Just not as popular. Hopefully they can put the two together and make something worth owning.
etnstudios
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maybe easton will start actually using Combat tech. maybe
I think this and durability was part of their problem. Too many options, and not one popular dominating one like the other brands seem to get (DC41, Freak, Legit, Nighthawk, Super Z etc). Not knocking the product, but to the masses and average guy, so many confusing options and add to that more mid season releases etc. And a reputation for poor durability.
I hope they keep Easton durability in Eastons, but improve the break in time a little bit using some Combat designs and patents. Would hope for a best of both worlds scenario.
But something tells me the money is in milking the Easton name with indestructible product. Less returns on warranty, more margin of profit.
Sad here as a Canadian to watch yet another Canadian company fold for US absorbtion. Many jobs and ambassadors losing their brand. We are losing a facility and top notch reps here. Sucks to read, but business is business.
I hope they keep Easton durability in Eastons, but improve the break in time a little bit using some Combat designs and patents. Would hope for a best of both worlds scenario.
But something tells me the money is in milking the Easton name with indestructible product. Less returns on warranty, more margin of profit.
Sad here as a Canadian to watch yet another Canadian company fold for US absorbtion. Many jobs and ambassadors losing their brand. We are losing a facility and top notch reps here. Sucks to read, but business is business.
hrdchrgin13
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SteveJax21
Derby Boy 4 Life!
Ever since Jmac put the B1 in my hands at spring training I've been swing COMbat, then being selected an OG COMbatant was an honor and spending the last year's with my Derby Family has been the best! "For Players by Players" Don Cooper, Johnny McCraw & Bobby Nifong thank you for allowing me to watch the best in the game play the game I love!
JoyeD #21
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NorthFlorida
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So you're saying I probably won't get a return for my Maxum?
Tomj2345
aka...TOM A.V.
Sad Day for me...I have been swinging only COMbats since the AV came out. aka TOM AV...I have owned over 400 COMbats (mostly AV's) and will not even consider trying another companies bat. I have been crazy Loyal to the brand and am sorry to see it go. I have friends who have other companies bats and they say...try this one...I won't do it! There is not a pic of me swinging anything but COMbat.
Hiltz
Built for comfort
I think you can read between the lines on the press release when they say that discontinuing Combat and producing only Easton bats is "in the best interest of shareholders..."
Translation: "Shutting down American and Canadian factories, laying off North American workers, and continuing to pump bats out of China leads to increased profit margins."
I think we'll see year after year of unchanging Easton bats. Stiff, lower performance, but durable as hell (fewer returns = more $). Here's hoping for a generation of hybrid Easton/Combat bastard technology. If they can produce bats with the performance/quick break-in of a Combat and the durability/feel of an Easton they'll have the market by the balls.
sleepin4matty
Management Material
"EASTON is a leading baseball and softball brand and by further integrating COMBAT's intellectual property portfolio into EASTON's innovative product line, we believe we can strengthen the EASTON brand and its future product offerings"
This tells me they will be doing some sort of a combo of Combat/Easton tech
This tells me they will be doing some sort of a combo of Combat/Easton tech
EVILHOMER360
Baaaat Fleeeeep!
Maybe they've already incorporated some of Combats tech already with the flex line. I haven't swung them but supposedly they're the softest Eastons ever and break in quickly.
clementeunknown
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I wonder if Maxum = TCT
etnstudios
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also said they were opening a new US facility so maybe there will be some production in the good ol' USA
dttruax
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Combat had already started some manufacturing in China the last year or so...... probably using Easton's plants.
texas-46
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Posted by Coop. Combatants and Family ......
As you can all imagine I might be receiving a few messages and calls ... Which is awesome .... Love your Passion for the game!!!!!!!
Here is some information and Facts as I have zero chance of answering the 472 current messages.
1. PSG has consolidated the Diamond Division of the business.
2. The Combat Brand especially Maxum is going forward and the new product launch will be in Aug.
3. The brand will be managed out of the Easton office in California.
4. The US office of Combat currently in Kent Wa. Will be in normal operations for the next couple months.
5. Warranty process has not changed. You will of course get a Combat for your Combat. Same phone number etc etc etc
6. Derby Girls and Team Combat will be looking to run the table and have a great finish to the year.
7. Yes some amazing amazing amazing people at both Combat and Easton lost jobs yesterday. The market has had a ton of change in the last year. The closing of Sports Chalet and Sports Authority to just name two have had a major impact on the businesses. Those type of days are brutal.
The team at Combat in my opinion are second to none .... They have built something that will never be lost, never go away and is honestly awesome. I have been blessed to be a very very small part of what those people have done. Scott Brown Frank Griffin Aly Sartini Johnny McCraw Mike Dill Rick Chris Greinert Megan Miller Troy Tammi Mohns Bobby Nifong Frank Henry Rick Baker and many many more have been awesome.
I expect to see all the combatants at Worlds ...... It's a sad day.
As you can all imagine I might be receiving a few messages and calls ... Which is awesome .... Love your Passion for the game!!!!!!!
Here is some information and Facts as I have zero chance of answering the 472 current messages.
1. PSG has consolidated the Diamond Division of the business.
2. The Combat Brand especially Maxum is going forward and the new product launch will be in Aug.
3. The brand will be managed out of the Easton office in California.
4. The US office of Combat currently in Kent Wa. Will be in normal operations for the next couple months.
5. Warranty process has not changed. You will of course get a Combat for your Combat. Same phone number etc etc etc
6. Derby Girls and Team Combat will be looking to run the table and have a great finish to the year.
7. Yes some amazing amazing amazing people at both Combat and Easton lost jobs yesterday. The market has had a ton of change in the last year. The closing of Sports Chalet and Sports Authority to just name two have had a major impact on the businesses. Those type of days are brutal.
The team at Combat in my opinion are second to none .... They have built something that will never be lost, never go away and is honestly awesome. I have been blessed to be a very very small part of what those people have done. Scott Brown Frank Griffin Aly Sartini Johnny McCraw Mike Dill Rick Chris Greinert Megan Miller Troy Tammi Mohns Bobby Nifong Frank Henry Rick Baker and many many more have been awesome.
I expect to see all the combatants at Worlds ...... It's a sad day.
dttruax
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I am saddened to hear this, as well. Like Tom and Will (wdwlodge), I entered the Combat family when I swung an Antivirus for the first time. I fell in love and never looked back. From that time on (2008, I believe), I never swung anything but a COMbat. The PM Virus was the first bat I ever hit an over-the-fence HR with. My only other OTF HR came with that beautiful orange DBA. Even though I'm out of softball now, it really sucks to hear this. I am flooded with memories of this Combat forum, all the guys who have come and gone over the years, and the good times that were had here. Combat may be absorbed into Easton, but I will ALWAYS be a Combatant. If I'm ever able to pick up the game again, you can bet I will be swinging the 8 Combats that are currently sitting in the rafters of my shed at this moment.