Louisville Slugger XENO Plus Fastpitch Softball Bat: FPXN179
Features
Two-Piece, 100% Composite Construction
S1iD Barrel Technology - Multi-Wall Barrel Offers MAXIMUM Performance from SWING 1
iST Xs Technology - Extra Stiff Connection = Max Energy Transfer
Full Twelve (12) Month Manufacturer's Warranty
Balanced Swing Weight
Approved for Play in ASA, USSSA, NSA, ISA, and ISF
2 1/4 Inch Barrel Diameter
-9 Length to Weight Ratio
Free Shipping!
7/8 Inch Standard Handle
Performance PLUS Composite with Zero Friction Double Wall Design
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 3 Customer Reviews
Pros: My daughter loves this bat, she hit a double the first night she used it and has hit multiple line drives.
Cons: none
Pros: love the pop, hit a homerun first time swinging it in a game.
Cons: just broke my second one in two years.
Pros: Good pop out of box. My daughter was making good contact with a cheap Easton bat that she had used for two years. I noticed that she was making solid contact but the ball was not hopping off of the bat. She is 13 yeas old and is 5'8" about 120 lbs. I believed that she should be hitting the ball harder and farther. I purchased the Xeno in hopes that she would get more pop. I'm glad that I did. She is consistently hitting the ball into the deep outfield. I know that the extra pop has helped, but I have coached for more than 20 years and do not attribute success to the bat. I do believe that having the Xeno has been a big confidence booster. I have recommended the Xeno to the parents of her team-mates and will purchase on for my younger daughter when she is older.
Cons: expensive
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About the Brand
In 1842, J. Frederick Hillerich emigrated with his family from Baden-Baden, Germany to the United States. Eight years before, the 1834 Book of Sports had made its debut as the nation's first publication covering baseball. But when he arrived in Baltimore, J. Frederick Hillerich would never have dreamed of the future impact his family would have on America's favorite pastime.
After a short while, the Hillerichs moved to Louisville, where J. Fred started a woodworking shop in 1856. Two of his sons, Adam and John Andrew "Bud" were born in the United States and would later join their father in his business. By 1864 "J.F. Hillerich, Job Turning" was in operation and filled orders for businesses by custom-turning everything from balusters to bedposts.
The firm thrived, and by 1875 the little woodworking shop employed about 20 people. In 1880 Bud Hillerich, who was an amateur baseball player, became an apprentice in his father's shop. Young Bud made his own baseball bats along with bats for several of his teammates.
The debate over the origins of the first bat continues to generate controversy among baseball enthusiasts, but the younger Hillerich was most certainly involved in getting his father's business involved with what would become the company's signature item. According to company legend, the first bat was turned by Bud for Pete "The Old Gladiator" Browning in 1884. Browning was a star on Louisville's professional American Association team - the Eclipse. On a spring afternoon Bud, then seventeen, witnessed Browning break his favorite bat. Bud offered to make a bat for his hero, and Browning accepted. After the young wood shop apprentice lathed a quality stick from white ash, according to the story, Browning got three hits with it in the next game.
Louisville Slugger gloves are worn by more pitchers in Major League Baseball than any other glove.
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