why are the Anderson's so under valued?

[mystikalpeter]

Over the past few months i have picked up 3 different andersons for really cheap. i got a OG rocketech for 7 bucks at the swampmeet a OG techzilla for 20 bucks on the list both those bats were great but i sold them pretty fast because i thought that they could not compare to the composites. Just this last week i picked up a 2008 rocketech fast pitch 34/25 for 25 bucks. i just used it in the game and it just flat out performed better then every other bat I used. So now i really am mad at myself for selling the other 2.

 

[Hookem74]

It's not just Andersons, I've bought several used Eastons,Demarini,Mikens,etc, most for less than $20 at garage sales,goodwill, flea market.
Some people don't have a clue to what they have or the resale value of it.

 

[Frisco Kid]

Yeah, people at flea markets and stuff like that just don't know what bats are worth most of the time. Anderson makes good bats, plain and simple. They always have. You just don't hear about them much around here because most everyone swings composites, not metal.

 

[Psycho]

The demand is what brings Anderson's resale prices down, 75% of the people now a days swing composites.

 

[TEX1959]

The demand is what brings Anderson's resale prices down, 75% of the people now a days swing composites.

Does that mean, there are only 25% that really know how to hit?

 

[Wheels33]

Got to give it a try

HAHA I am going to the flea market this weekend!! See if I can get a good bat cheap

 

[Psycho]

Does that mean, there are only 25% that really know how to hit?

Pretty much, real men hit bombs with metals!

 

[andy-rockstar]

The demand is what brings Anderson's resale prices down, 75% of the people now a days swing composites.

I'd guess that number to be higher, but all it means is that we're just handicapping ourselves by swinging metal. Bringing knives to gunfights and all that...

 

[smarkley3]

People are enamored with composites. Metal bats are laughed at by kids but my first good bat ws an OG TechZill and was as good or better than most composite back then. I think the new composite handle Anderson are excellent bats and I have gamed my Nano Omega for the last year or so. Working my new RocketFlex and looking forward to the hot summer days and wacking the mush ball with it.

 

[Psycho]

I'd guess that number to be higher, but all it means is that we're just handicapping ourselves by swinging metal. Bringing knives to gunfights and all that...

Your probably right, I was probably a little too conservative on the percentage. I too often hear that same comment about those who swing metals are just dumb, far behind, and just ignorant. But then I ask those same people who make those comments for them to step to the plate with a metal bat and hit just (1) over the OF fence and they NEVER accept my challenge, then the excuses start flying all over the place.

 

[tumblebug]

I'd guess that number to be higher, but all it means is that we're just handicapping ourselves by swinging metal. Bringing knives to gunfights and all that...

It's more like bringing a smaller gun rather than a knife to a gun fight but in the right hands it doesn't matter. The difference between a RocketFlex or a NanoTek to a similar rules-compliant, resin-over-fiber, composite bat is minimal if there is any measurable difference at all when you hit it well. But it makes a difference to a guy that doest really hit all that well, plays once a week and takes a total of 20 swings a month. If you want to be a better hitter the answer could simply be to hit more often. IJS

 

[sleepin4matty]

It's more like bringing a smaller gun rather than a knife to a gun fight but in the right hands it doesn't matter. The difference between a RocketFlex or a NanoTek to a similar rules-compliant, resin-over-fiber, composite bat is minimal if there is any measurable difference at all when you hit it well. But it makes a difference to a guy that doest really hit all that well, plays once a week and takes a total of 20 swings a month. If you want to be a better hitter the answer could simply be to hit more often. IJS

oh you stop with that logic

 

[jstn8887]

It's more like bringing a smaller gun rather than a knife to a gun fight but in the right hands it doesn't matter. The difference between a RocketFlex or a NanoTek to a similar rules-compliant, resin-over-fiber, composite bat is minimal if there is any measurable difference at all when you hit it well. But it makes a difference to a guy that doest really hit all that well, plays once a week and takes a total of 20 swings a month. If you want to be a better hitter the answer could simply be to hit more often. IJS

This is very true.

And an Anderson will outlast pretty much every composite bat.

 

[andy-rockstar]

This is very true.

And an Anderson will outlast pretty much every composite bat.

With the way some people talk about the newer composites on here, this is true many times over.

 

[hollywood9826]

I had swung andersons since I started playing SB. Bought a new glove from kelly and figured might as well add a bat to it. Hit pretty well with it. Then when I got to hawaii bought a new RT, then it was to light so bought a heavier RT. Nobody else was using the Andersons. Especially when Ultra II hit market. but I kept plugging along with my RT. Then got out of Air Force came back home to MD and it was Miken and Worth composites. Dudes used to bash me for using the anderson. played tourney and went 22-24. They stopped talking smack about my bat.

Still got the RT, probably could sell it locally for more than 50 bucks though.