chubbs
Team Sporting Goods
Small review of all 3. The Wanted.... Derby Boys... Portent...ASA. Tattoo 52 300 balls used.
*26 oz Wanted weighs 27.2 on the digital scale. That is with a built up knob that I like.
It reminds me of the Dirty ASA with the connection piece. Right around 50 hits in on a 290 field. Stiff up to about 25 or 30 hits. Nice Crack sound at 50 in. Ball comes off decent. Produced a lot of knuckle balls at first but thinking that was myself and the couple others that hit. We hit about 10 or so out between 3 of us. It swings with a endload in my opinion. It really did feel smooth though.
*27 oz Derby Boys weighs in at 27.1 on the scale. Feels like a nice endload in my opinion. It reminds me of the 275 Derby Boys but maybe not quite as much of the endload. We were all very impressed with this bat. Considerable amount of the Combat Crack sound after very few hits. I would say 25 or so in the sound was that distinct Combat crack. The ball seemed to really jump off this bat all around. Between homeruns and gap shots, the ball got there very quickly. This bat is far better then the Derby Boys from 2014. I believe it is only going to get better with every swing. Right now it is one of my favorite. Not many hits to determine that though.
*27 oz Portent weighs 27.1 on the scale. It still seems to feel like a slight endload to it. Not near the Derby Boys though. I think this bat reminds me of the 2014 to some point though. Pretty slow at first but it will only get better. I don't think this bat received the attention tonight as the other but it was pretty crisp through the zone. The ball come off hard and you think it was gone but would come up a little short. There were a few shots with it though.
With these being all new and not many swings yet, good things should come. I am way more impressed with these then the 2014 models. I have the Dirty and the the All Stamp Greinert Derby Boys and these are just stupid hot. I have good feelings that the new line will produce better then the 2014 Derby Boys, Wanted, and Portent. Out of those 3 I did like the Portent the best though for the 2014 line. With things between Combat and Easton happening now, I think things will only get better. That is my 2 cents. Hope to read what you guys are thinking.
*26 oz Wanted weighs 27.2 on the digital scale. That is with a built up knob that I like.
It reminds me of the Dirty ASA with the connection piece. Right around 50 hits in on a 290 field. Stiff up to about 25 or 30 hits. Nice Crack sound at 50 in. Ball comes off decent. Produced a lot of knuckle balls at first but thinking that was myself and the couple others that hit. We hit about 10 or so out between 3 of us. It swings with a endload in my opinion. It really did feel smooth though.
*27 oz Derby Boys weighs in at 27.1 on the scale. Feels like a nice endload in my opinion. It reminds me of the 275 Derby Boys but maybe not quite as much of the endload. We were all very impressed with this bat. Considerable amount of the Combat Crack sound after very few hits. I would say 25 or so in the sound was that distinct Combat crack. The ball seemed to really jump off this bat all around. Between homeruns and gap shots, the ball got there very quickly. This bat is far better then the Derby Boys from 2014. I believe it is only going to get better with every swing. Right now it is one of my favorite. Not many hits to determine that though.
*27 oz Portent weighs 27.1 on the scale. It still seems to feel like a slight endload to it. Not near the Derby Boys though. I think this bat reminds me of the 2014 to some point though. Pretty slow at first but it will only get better. I don't think this bat received the attention tonight as the other but it was pretty crisp through the zone. The ball come off hard and you think it was gone but would come up a little short. There were a few shots with it though.
With these being all new and not many swings yet, good things should come. I am way more impressed with these then the 2014 models. I have the Dirty and the the All Stamp Greinert Derby Boys and these are just stupid hot. I have good feelings that the new line will produce better then the 2014 Derby Boys, Wanted, and Portent. Out of those 3 I did like the Portent the best though for the 2014 line. With things between Combat and Easton happening now, I think things will only get better. That is my 2 cents. Hope to read what you guys are thinking.
