SPIDERZ Batting Gloves - The Beggining!

Most of you have not yet heard of or seen the newest, most bad ass pair of softball & baseball batting gloves on the market today! They are SPIDERZ Batting Gloves, and are a breath a fresh air when it comes to the sporting goods industry.

Too many times we have purchased a pair of name brand, supposed top of the line batting gloves, for premium prices often exceeding $35/pair! Only to have them blow out, rip or tear within weeks (some times SWINGS) later.

The guys over at SPIDERZ decided enough was enough and developed their very own batting gloves. A pair of premium batting gloves that offered great durability, ultimate comfort, top of the line performance, and.........wait for it........affordable price!

SPIDERZ Batting Gloves are available for the low price of only $24.95, and offer these features and crush the top of the line gloves you will find for $35+!!!!

Currently, the only place to pick up a sweet pair of these batting gloves is directly through their website at http://www.spiderzbattinggloves.com/ NOTE: Jump on a pair of these soon, as they are produced in limited quantities and sell out fast!

2008 Rip It Reaper ASA Bat Review

I finally threw together a 2008 Rip It Reaper ASA slow pitch softball bat review together. This is the best ASA slowpitch bat on the planet! I also wore a new pair of 2010 SPIDERZ Batting Gloves. These are by far the best batting gloves I have ever worn!

2010 Snowball Softball Tournament - Middleton, WI

To some, just another cold weekend in Middleton, WI. To others, the biggest Winter Slow Pitch Softball Tournament Wisconsin has to offer! This years "Snowball Tournament" maxed out again at (32) teams on the weekend of January 16-17, 2010.

Some of the rules to note:

• ASA bat list except: No Mikens or DeMarinis?????
• No Looking Strikes
• No Sliding
• Unlimited HR's
• Can Play (11) in the field
• 6'-15' Arc Limit

Team Double Down jumped out of the gates and won our 1st 4 games and lost in the undefeated's game by (1), on a walk off HR from Ripps. We managed to give up a (11) run lead in the 7th to lose! Unlimited HR's will do that to you!

We then were scheduled to play Shockers at 6pm on Sunday night for the 2nd/3rd place game. It was getting late and the temps started to drop with long ride homes for many of us. That being said, Ripps, Double Down and Shockers split the top 3 prizes evenly and called it a day.

It was fun as usual. For the guys out West and down South who watch this, you have no idea how difficult it can be swinging, running and fielding in Snow! Not too mention wearing 3-4-5 layers of clothing to stay warm!

2010 ASA Worth Toxic - Bat Review

Ed Alf & Ray Kowalski of team Double Down try out the 2010 ASA Worth Toxic Titan. This bat is supposed to be one the hottest ASA bats of 2010. We pretty much took this Worth Toxic straight out of the wrapper. As most ASA composites are out of the wrapper, it was a log. I only took about 40-50 cuts with it as Ray put on another 50. The balls were not jumping off by any means. I hit a few decent liners with it, but couldn't quite find the distance.

**UPDATE 1/12/10** I used this same Worth Toxic last night in an indoor BP session (w/real balls, not cage balls). We estimated that this bat now has about 400-500 swings on it. It now feels like there is MUCH more life to it and balls were jumping off with much more intensity than before. I look forward to using this bat outside this spring to gauge it against the other ASA bats again.

Miken Vicious Slow Pitch Softball Bat Review

Ed Alf (195lbs / 5'8"), of Double Down , gives a Slow Pitch Softball Bat Review of a 27oz Miken Vicious Slow Pitch Softball Bat, hitting .44 / 400 Durahyde Trump Stote Balls, in 65 Degree weather, No Wind, on a 300ft Fence.

- I thought the bat resembled the Freak 98, with a little bit more of an end weight. However, just like the Freak 98, it was quite a log in the beginning. After putting about 200-250 cuts on it, it started to liven up. I can't wait for it to really open up by say, July. I will now be using this along with the Freak 98 as my ASA bats this year. The ratings of 1=Low & 10=High are based on ASA bat comparisons (ie. a 9.5 ASA bat is not the same as a 9.5 USSSA/NSA bat).