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BLAST FROM THE PAST

Everything about the completely revamped Louisville Slugger Prime wood bat line, which launched April 17, focuses on making the bat harder. To get there, it required the team to reimagine the manufacturing process, borrow finishing concepts from the guitar industry and dip back into a 1902 patent from one of the brand’s founders.

There’s a lot new in the fresh iteration of the Louisville Slugger Prime line to get the bats 30% harder

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