Sam Bat Blog — The Original Maple Bat Corporation

The MMO is a one of our featured bats carried by Dick's Sporting Goods.  We feature this bat in our traditional "Bonds" colors. Cherry handle, black barrel, gold logo that was made famous by Barry Bonds. Barry and Sam worked together for years to perfect look.  The MMO has been around since the very early days of SAM BAT.  When Sam Holman crafted the first professionally approved maple wood baseball bat in 1997. The Sam Bat MMO has always been one of our most popular models. It has hovered consistently in the 4th or 5th bat position overall. In the...

We often get asked what our most popular model is. While it has evolved, two models that are long standing favorites (and that are super hot right now!) are the MMO and the KB1.    Here’s the breakdown:   The MMO is similar to the classic M110 profile made famous by Micky Mantle and Roger Maris.  A perfect all-around bat, the MMO has a nice long barrel hitting surface, but is still incredibly well balanced with a medium 15/16” handle and classic rounded knob. We recommend it to all types of players from youth who are just transitioning to wood, all the way up...

What is a cup in a wood baseball bat and what is the purpose? At SAM BAT, our patented cup can make all the difference in having confidence at the plate. Unlike most companies, who just have 2 cupping options, we have 3; the no cup, half cup, and full cup for customizing your maple wood baseball bat.     The No Cup The No Cup means that there is no indentation at the end of the barrel of the bat, only a very small recess as can be seen from the photo. Our “no cup” bats are not completely...

The SAM BAT BP Bat has taken the market by storm! Our Sam Bat Team introduced the BP Bat several ago for 2 reasons; firstly to provide a great training tool for players at an unbeatable price, and secondly to educate players that lighter is not always better. We get requests all the time saying that the order needs to be exactly -3, or “do you guys make -4 or -5 bats”?  Sure, we can make that, but at the end of the day you are losing a lot of performance, and a lot of durability with a lighter bat. ...

We often get asked ‘What Custom bat is best for me?’ or ‘What Custom bat is best for my kid?’ Although it is a fair question to those new to wood bats, it is not a cookie cutter answer! Each player will have many different preferences on a number of things including length, weight, knob, handle, and more.  Every Pro Player that has ordered from us has customized something special to themselves. What works best for one player won’t work for another it should be an extension of yourself, to transfer energy to the ball. So here is how to...