Testimonials
I received my bat and wanted to email and express how delighted I was when I removed the bat from its box. The bat is beautiful and is more than everything I thought it would be. Thanks for making my buying experience top notch and thanks for a great product.
Anthony Simonetta
Central Square, NY
This is my third order for these bats. Theyre great with great balance and pop. The only reason I have to order more is that I keep letting other guys swing them. You guys put out a really great product. These are the best wood bats Ive used.
Keith Fitzgerald
La Mesa, California
Charlie,
I received the bats yesterday and I have to say, these are some of the best bats I have ever received. I have tried them all and RSP bats have the best feel and finish out there. One cannot find a true craftsman that puts out a better product than you. May keep one as a trophy and order another few. Keep up the good work for your fellow MSBL members and others that have found you.
Chris Patt
Bay City Sturgeon Baseball Club
Northeast Wisconsin MSBL
Pro Bats are the strongest, most balanced wood baseball bats made anywhere today! Our players love the feel of the bat and they cannot wait to go swing them. Thank you Pro Bats.
Jeff Waggoner
Head Baseball Coach
Marshall University
Mr. LaDuca,
Just needed to let you know that when I opened the package the bat came in, it was beyond belief. I was so impressed without even hitting with the new bat. Since then I have taken roughly 300 swings and I continue to be overwhelmed by the quality and the durability of your brand bat. Ive had over 60 other bats in several years and by far none hold a light next to yours. I was so impressed the first day that I ordered 2 additional bats and will buy several more. I can honestly say this is my last stop for bats. Other companies Ive bought from have never called me like you did,or if they did it was just some telemarketer wanting me to do some survey.
Thank you and may your business prosper.
James D. Hamilton
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Charlie,
I have been using my two maple wood bats for four years. During that time neither bat has chipped cracked or broken. They are excellent bats, and I would certainly recommend them to anyone.
Larry Persing
Manager Jamestown 50s
Jamestown, NY
As a high school coach and private hitting instructor for 16 years I have seen many products in my time. For the last three years I have recommended your bat to my students with tremendous results. In those three years I have seen only one bat break. This was due to the fact that the young man hit for two years straight in lessons accounting for over 20,000 swings. The fact that you can customize bats to my players specs, based on my recommendations is awesome. To see their faces when they come to lessons with their new RSP bat is priceless. Getting a bat of this quality is like being in the big leagues. I only wish this bat was available when I was playing!
Tony Tichy
Head Coach Niles North Baseball
Skokie Illinois
Hitting Instructor North Shore Baseball Academy Highland Park,Illinois
Hi Charlie,
Out of all our RSP bats we only broke one all last season, but we are ordering three more anyway for good measure! Thanks from the Sonoma Mariners, Redwood Empire Baseball League, California.
Bill Furbush
Santa Rosa, CA
Hey Charlie,
Awesome service. Thanks for filling my order so quickly and keeping me updated. Ill send you a picture of my son Nelson using his new bat.
Sincerely,
Kevin Mitchell
Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado
Coach,
I am writing this letter to tell you how happy I am with your bats.
I bought two bats from you. One I used as my main game and practice bat.
I used it throughout my high school season and every College Select wood bat tournament. I also used it for my winter workout sessions with tee work and soft toss. It was my BP bat during the spring and I used it throughout a 60 game summer schedule. I mixed in the second bat I got from you as well. I finally broke that main bat after a year and a half of very heavy use. I swear by these bats. Your RSP line of btas are also the team bats used by my college. It is a wood bat league, and I only witnessed two broken bats during the entire season. Its hard to find good wood these days with good balance and good feel, but you guys do it the best!
Mike Ferrera
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
Charlie,
This will be my second bat. I ordered my first one two years ago and LOVE it. This one is for my final year in the MSBL in Peoria IL. I had to get a bat I could count on in my final year. Thanks for a great great product.
Brian Holt
Pinceville, IL
Charlie,
The bat is beautiful and our coach loved it. Nearly brought him to tears!!! Thank you so much for all your help and for providing our team with the pleasure of giving such an awesome gift to our coach.
Stephanie Kalakay
Acworth, GA
Hello Charlie,
I just had to write you and your company to say the bat you made for me turned out incredible. It is perfect!!! I finally have found a wood bat I am comfortable with after my switch to wood from aluminum 8 years ago. I am very impressed, and I will be telling everyone in my league about your company.
Jason Anarumo
Staten Island, NY
Charlie,
We just received our Black Widow Youth Bat from you. My son
was thrilled. We went right up to the cages and hit for 1/2 an hour. I
want to thank you for your honesty on the shipping for our bat. I paid
for three day select shipping and you refunded me $3.82 because the actual
ground shipping was only regular 2 day from UPS and was cheaper. I would
never have expected that from anyone. You really operate a first class
business and have a repeat customer from here-on.
Thank You,
Rick Flora
Chesapeake, Virginia
Charlie,
I just wanted to thank you for setting up the Rockland Cavaliers
with your bats this summer. We were more than satisfied with our bats. In
fact some of us never even broke one all summer. I personally played
20 games with the same PB100 and it still has hits left in it. Getting
a quality product like yours has definitely helped in our success. We
plan to order more bats, and I will surely pass on your site and product to
other ball players.
Thanks,
Jim Brett
Rockland Cavaliers Manager/Player
Charlie,
The 33.5/-3 PB200 I bought a few weeks ago was a GREAT
recommendation on your part. What a sweet bat. Perfect blend of balance,
bat speed and power. Everyone that’s picked it up likes it. After
two batting practices with it I am consistently hitting low line drives that
one or two hop to a 310’ fence. The ball just explodes off the barrel. I
realize this is not a big deal powerwise….unless you’re an older
guy playing 48+. Then it’s a big deal. Keep up the great workmanship
and service.
Mark Gordon
Irvine, CA
Hi Charlie,
We did receive the four (birth announcement) bats we ordered and they
are GREAT. They are everything we expected and more. These will be Christmas
presents for our grandson, sons and a nephew who started T-ball this past summer. You
will definitely be hearing from me come March when the next new grandson is
to make his entry into the league. Thanks so much for a wonderful experience
and product. You can definitely count us among your very satisfied customers.
Sylvia Childers & Dave Delo
North Little Rock AR
I had the good fortune to play on the MSBL World Champion 65+ team and the
58+ World Championship team of 2005. Because I have good teammates, and
four players on each of those teams use maple model PB73 Pro Bats, we won two
MSBL Championships in one year. As far as my PB73`s, I don’t leave home
without them.
Rich Wagner, five time MSBL Champion
La Jolla Ca
Dear Charlie:
The durability of the youth maple bats you sent me exceeds all my expectations.
I let my 10 U travel team use them for soft toss only just to get the feel
of hitting with wood bats. My son Danny petitioned me to let him hit in our
local batting cages. These were the same cages in which he had recently broken
an ash bat. He has pounded more than 2500 rubberized cage balls with your
bat. This bat has met the challenge! By now, he would have broken at least
three or four ash bats.Danny also noticed the great balance of your bats.
He is more enthusiastic than ever about hitting. He takes 200 to 300 swings
per session, and he leaves the cages wanting more.
Dan Piro
Oceanside, California
Charlie,
Just wanted to thank you for my sons bat. The order was processed quickly,
and the bat has held up well during his fall wood bat season. Hes had to
learn how to hit a little differently with wood instead of metal, and the
quality of his bat has virtually taken away any fear of bat breakage. I would
have no reluctance recommending your product to anyone. We will definitely
be ordering again next fall.
Many Thanks,
Mark Elliott
La Crescenta, California
Dear Charlie,
I have had the privilege to have been on three MSBL World Championship teams.
In 2004 I started using a Pro Bat 33 inch, 30 ounce maple bat. I now have four
of them, and would not use any other bat in a division that requires a wood
bat. To put it briefly, they are the best.
Richard Wagner
San Diego, California
I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know how pleased Cole is with
his new bat. It was exactly as we ordered it. I also want to express my deepest
appreciation for your heroic efforts in getting the bat to us on such short
notice. Cole got his bat in time for his wood bat tournament this weekend.
He is the envy of the other players on his team with his personally engraved
red and black RSP bat. You have a customer for life. Thanks Again,
Scott Harris
North Richland Hills, Texas
Dear Charlie,
We are more than pleased to tell you that at our recent Norwich, Connecticut
Showcase we had 110 players who took 15 swings in BP off our pitching machine---NOT
ONE BAT BROKE---that is a load of swings with no breakage---we look forward
to having you with us at future events and the opportunity for our players
to use your product in all the wood bat events we take part in.
Thanks for a great product.
Tom Rizzi
Consulting Director
College Select Baseball
www.collegeselect.org
Just wanted to let you know that I received my softball bat in the mail today.
It is exactly what I have been looking for. My order has been filled and shipped
faster than I ever expected, and it looks awesome. YOU GUYS ROCK !!!
Chris Merritt
Allen Park Michigan
Hi Charlie-just wanted to let you know that my son LOVES his bat!!! Thank you
for your wonderfull customer service and quality product!
Rhea Aker
Cincinnati Ohio
Charlie,
I received my bats when you told me I would, and they are great looking and
have perfect weight distribution. You have definitely made a repeat customer
out of me. Thank you for all your help.
Michael Abatemarco
Brooklyn, NY
I felt compelled to write and tell you how much I love the model PB73. The
balance is incredible, and I can generate so much more bat speed with it than
any other bat I can ever remember using. It is an EXCELLENT bat and I've already
recommended your site to my teammates. Thanks a million.
Tony Winkler
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Charlie,
It was a pleasure having you with us as a coach at our Binghampton Showcase
this past August. As you know, we used your bats in all of our showcases
for wood bat BP as well as in Moosic, PA at a wood bat showcase and in the
Jupiter Florida Wood Bat Tournament. The breakage was minimal to say the
least. The vast majorityof the 24 bats we used from July to October are still
in use. Our players truly enjoyed using your bats and we look forward to
having you and Pro Bats with us again this year.
Yours in Baseball
Tom Rizzi
College Select Baseball
Charlie,
These bats offer so much more in terms of performance and durability than do
the pro stock ash bats. They are Major League wood caliber giving the player
added distance to fly balls and harder hit ground balls and line drives.
The wood is extremely hard making the durability of the bat second to none.
I would recommend the Pro Bats to players of all levels.
Vinny Rottino
Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Player of The Year
Charlie,
It was great to meet you at our clinic this past weekend. Our staff and players
were very impressed with your maple bats. I'm not sure how many balls were
hit by your bats in the cages before one broke, but it had to be in the thousands.
They are the most durable wood bats we have ever used.
Harry Hillson
Head Baseball Coach Mansfield University
RSP Maple is without question the finest quality bat I've used in my baseball
career dating back to single "A" ball in 1965-66). Proper care will
make this the absolute best investment you can have in a wood bat purchase;
and I'm a former salesman for KC Slammer Bats which were Major League approved.
Gary Triolo
Manager-Denver MSBL
After my bat broke yesterday, it seemed weird that it would break that easy.
I e-mailed the vendor Pro Bats and 2 minutes later the owner of the company
called me on the phone and told me that I was right and that there was no way
that it should have broken that quickly. He went on to say that once in a while
a bat has an internal flaw that causes early breakage and that he would immediately
2 day air mail me another custom bat. Can you believe that service? It doesn’t
take anymore than that to tell you where the value is when buying a new wood
bat. If you are going to spend the money on a wood bat, then do it with this
company.
Rick Terry
Vero Beach, Florida
As a player in multiple leagues, my bat gets a lot of use. With the PB100
bat I purchased from Pro Bats, I've hit shot, after shot, after shot and the
bat is begging me for more action. I bring a rag to wipe the bat clean and
the impression marks left by the baseball are barely visible. Great product
and super value. Thanks, Charlie.
Jim Venuto
Mansfield, MA
MSBL Brockton Indians, MSBL Rhode Island Riptides National Tournament NE Stars
I’m just calling to let you know that I received the bat I rush ordered
from you in time for the tournament. Thanks for taking the time to make my
order a priority. That is customer service you don’t see much of these
days, and I for one really appreciate it. Thanks again.
Mike Dozier
Decatur, Georgia
Since I started using your maple bats I have been hitting the ball harder
and I'm very pleased with the durability. I am also impressed with the hardness
of the wood. There is very little marking on the bat where the ball has made
contact. This is particularly impressive when you compare your maple bats to
the ash bats I had previously been using. You have a customer for life.
Kevin Kearney
Alameda, California
I am so happy with the bat that I ordered from you that I want to order another
one. (EXACTLY the same!) just in case something happens to the one I have.
It is the strongest, most badass bat on my team, and we have a lot of bats.
I feel lucky because I didn't get a chance to swing it before I bought it ,
but it fits me perfectly.
Darby Lee Crum
Middlebury Vermont
I purchased two bats from you a few weeks ago. I have been using Maple Bats
for 3 years now and have tried several different companies with mixed results.
A couple have held up pretty well, but most have have broken and dented fairly
easily. To make a long story short I decided to try your bats after seeing
them advertised on the Men's Senior Baseball League website. So far I have
used it in 6 games. and have been pounding the ball. Last Sunday I hit two
balls, one off the left field fence at 360' and one ball off the center field
fence at 390'. The ball jumps off this bat like none I've ever used before.
It also has hardly a blemish on it.
Jim Toth
Media, Pennsylvania
At our draft, over 100 players took 10 swings each using RSP bats
that resulted in none of the bats breaking. Many of the players gave positive
feedback on the balance and quality of the RSP bats and are
ordering them for regular season use. In looking at the RSP bats
after the draft ended, there were many marks around the trademark and handle
area, but none of the RSP bats broke. The Denver MSBL will
be using a ton of RSP bats in our 60 team wood bat league
this season!!
Tony Panasuk, Denver MSBL Commissioner