That fascinates me because it’s so different. I used to break bats it felt like once a series. You used to let the ball travel in deep and foul off a lot of balls, is that when it would break?Īll the time. Is that because of the change of your approach? I used to break quite a few more based on where I was trying to direct the ball. I’ve gone through only three, four bats this year. Seventy bats? How often do you go through a bat?
I’ve purchased enough bats that in all likelihood, it’ll last the remainder of my career unless I play until I’m 50. I’ve been informed that ash is completely unavailable. That makes sense that you wouldn’t practice with them because you’re worried about the supply. I really try hard to take care of my bats so they’re able to last the remainder of my career. I refuse to practice with ash bats, which is odd. I practice with maple bats and I practice with birch bats, but in games the only bats I use are ash. I like the way contact feels with ash better than maple. I’m no expert in wood, but it feels like there’s a little bit more whip, a little more flex to the bat.
They’ve been outstanding to me and Marucci has been great to me also. Unfortunately, I’m loyal to a certain wood style and we weren’t able to continue the relationship. Louisville Slugger was great to me for years. The only two changes are the LizardSkin and the company that provides the bat. Same double dip, same model, same everything.
It’s been the exact same my entire career. Always the exact same - 34 (inches), 32 (ounces). Is it the same length and weight? Do you change that during the season? I use LizardSkin tape and I start putting sticker decals on the knob just for objectives, things I want to do. So I ordered quite a few ash bats, the remaining ash that Marucci has and I’ve put them away in storage for likely the remainder of my career. I’ve been loyal to Louisville Slugger for years. Votto’s bat is the instrument of his particular form of magic and it’s the basis for the magic. Talking about bats with Joey Votto is like talking to Obi-Wan Kenobi about his lightsaber or Harry Potter about his wand. I’d wanted to ask about it and was finally able to do so. I’d noticed earlier this year that he was swinging a Marucci bat, as opposed to the Louisville Slugger he’d used for his entire career. So recently, I sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park and talked to Joey Votto about the most basic of elements of his 2021 season: his bat. Among the many differences about Votto this year, one of the simplest hadn’t been discussed anywhere I’d seen.
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