I have my eye on my next bat. It’s the Miken Halo -8 (33/25). The Miken is said to have an extended sweet spot and an extra long barrel, so I might get a little more barrel flex out of it. So far I’ve only found it online for $279.99, so I’m waiting a bit to see if I can get a deal anywhere. My Schutt bat is working out just fine for me right now so I’m not in too much of a hurry, but within the next few months I’d like to own the Halo.

The Halo also comes in a -9, -10 and -12 (The -12 is purple) Too bad it’s too light for me, my school colors are purple. It’d be pretty sweet to have a purple bat.

Anyway, if I keep talking about it, maybe pops will pick one up for me after he sees my report card.

The SSK has been my mitt of choice for a few years now. I’ve been through a couple in the past few years, and the cool thing about this mitt is that when you get it, it’s already fairly broken in.

I usually cook my mitts before I use them. There is this stuff that looks like shaving cream. You basically just lather your mitt, and then bake it for a few minutes. It comes out softer than when it went in. My dad used real shaving cream once. It worked ok, but the shaving cream had a green tint to it, so it left a bit of the hue on my mitt. It went away after a while though. Nothing the field dirt couldn’t get rid of.

Anyway, the SSK is oil injected, so I think that’s part of why it is already pretty soft right out of the box.

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I got my first Schutt Crystal Bustos bat in Seattle at ASA Nationals. I love it when new equipment comes out and I have a chance to try something new. The bat felt great in my hands. It was a bit heavier than the bat I was currently using. I knew I had to have it.

I’ve been swinging it ever since.