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| Aug. 11, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Senior and ASA bat Our group has hit every bat on the market. The ASA bats from Combat, Miken, Worth are all very, very good but none can match the Reaper. It is plain and simple. The proof is this...buy a Reaper and if it is not the best ASA bat you have ever hit than Rip It will refund your money. |
| Aug. 11, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat Comments NRG about 100 hits - good bat Worth 120 about 50 hits - fair bat 484 - 200 hits still a lousy bat |
| Aug. 9, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: American pasttime made in China @#*! The bats on the market now are made in the USA> what he is talking about is product just moved to China in the past few months. |
| Aug. 3, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat Passion ! Can I have a bat that hits 200 ft and a plain looking women ? |
| July 30, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: DVD on Hitting Because hitting is in sense the same. The other reason to listen about this is BG has coached at levels far more advanced than most of us will ever know. Just because one can hit well does not make that person a hitting coach. When I attend Bill's clinic I noticed the detail in which he could answer a question and how that answer could relate to differnt swings and players. These guys that coach at high level programs know how to realate, which in turn makes them better teachers. They do this for a living therefore put so much time and effort, passion and work into their study. |
| July 27, 2007 azsenior | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Best ASA softball ASA softballs Decker is # 1 Trump is #2 Pro Nine is #499 (worst ball in history) |
| July 27, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: DVD on Hitting The DVD you are talking about should be out by Christmas 2007. As I understand it is being filmed at Arizona State University softball stadium. It will have tips on how to get back into shape, hitting and injury prevention and care from the head trainer at ASU. The hitting part should be very helpful to all levels of senior players. I think it is by Bill Gateley and the head coach of ASU but not 100% on that. |
| July 6, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Top 5 or 10 Senior Bats 1.UII 2. Combat Senior That is it for approved bats for tournament play. This fall a new Rip It senior bat will be out approved by SSUSA with the 1.20 stamp. |
| July 1, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Impressive show for the young'n I attended the Sparker fastpitch tournament in Denver to watch my granddaughter play. Hundreds of teams, huge amounts of fans, parents and college coaches there to recruit. During the all star games I was shocked to see one of our senior players putting on a homerun show for the girls. Bill Gateley (homerun Bill) was blasting balls out of the park to the cheers of players and parents alike. It was very cool to how those girls see that us ‘old farts’ can still bomb out a 400ft shot. Many in the stands did not even know there was senior softball much as we can well we can still hit. Even thought Bill is only 55, way old in the eyes of most of the girls, it was great press to even the small amount of folks there in Denver. Speaking of fastpitch, I would ask us all to help support college and youth softball in your area. Fun fast and worth the time. |
| June 24, 2007 azsenior | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: rip it reaper batguyaz - Hey Al; We love you man but give it a rest. We have been asked by BG to tone down our post about his products. So lets just pull the plugging here. |
| June 23, 2007 azsenior | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: rip it reaper I think we are missing the point of design. It appears that Rip It tells the factory what they want and CE makes that bat. In a sense that could designing the bat. Yet what does it really matter since product and sales are the bottome line. In that sense it seems the folks at Rip It have done a great job. I know my group of friends are happy with the bats and customer service. As you can tell they are building a very strong base of fans accross the nation. Let me ask this, if Rip It made their own bats in their own factory of their own design, would that make any differance ? |
| June 19, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: ASA BATS I think the softball world of bats will be set on end when this new Reaper is out. |
| June 10, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Big League Dreams allow yellow bat I know the yellow senior does not have the 1.20 stamp but rumor is there will be a new bat the will have the 1.20 very soon. Or maybe the same bat with the 1.20 which will make it approved by SSUSA. |
| June 6, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: 3rd party review of the Rip It Reaper I did not write the review. Found it on softball fans. I am not quaified to write about bats, heck I can hardly hit. |
| June 5, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: 3rd party review of the Rip It Reaper Desert Guy: I am very disappointed at your attitude of anything outside your common knowledge. Would you feel the same way if this post was talking about Miken, Worth, Easton or Combat. I understand the concept of customer loyalty and I know that many are bothered by the rise of a new company taking market share. Why is it so hard for you to understand a group of players, all in the same area that truly like this company and want to help. Rip It has helped our softball community with free clinics, demo bats and bought outfield signs to support our fields. Are we not free on this board to express our views, likes and support of any company we chose or must we only give praise to the good old boy accepted few. If you think we are advertising for Rip It then so be it. I will do all I can to promote them and so will our little clad, so get use to it. Like it or not the Rip It brand is here and going to be huge. They make great products, very creative in marketing and most important have a passion for softball. |
| June 5, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: 3rd party review of the Rip It Reaper Taked from another site: Matthew Polstein, President of Rip-It-Elite, was kind enough to send me out a Demo bat of his new Rip-It-Elite Reaper 120. As some may know, this is the second reincarnation of the Reaper (different from the demo model out some time back) that has a .75oz endload in it. The graphics, I must say are a step above the Senior and ASA versions, not that it matters, but Rip-It can now say with confidence that they are no longer the ugliest kid (bat) on the block! As always we test our bats with various balls using a combination of 44/375, 47/525, and a half dozen Ultimate Evils and SB12's, all thrown from a Juggs pitching machine to achieve as much consistency as possible. The field we use is our local High School baseball field with fences marked at 320-400-320. Comparison bats included Freak +, OGJH Mayhem and Brett Helmer Syn +. With that out of the way, the bat I received was a 27oz, it weighed in on the postal scale at 27.2oz, damn good if you ask me! First impressions of this bat is that it has a very nice endload to it, not overpowering like the XEL Anti-Virus/Virus, but a tad more than the OGJH. If I had to compare the endload of this bat to sticks most of you all have, it would have to be the Freak+, this was agreed upon by all who were there. Stick true to your weight if you purchase this bat as this bat does not feel too heavy like the XEL Combats or too light. The barrel is roughly 13" long, and tapers down to a industry standard thin handle. When I received this stick Matt mentioned it had roughly 100 hits on it, yet judging from the condition it was in....it could have been sold as NOW. Absolutely 0 wear and tear on the bat. +1 for durability I suppose. From the first 40-50 pitches or so, the bat was stiff, less than the Nexus, more so than a Mayhem. After no more than 50 hits this bat opened up in a very nice way and the sweetspot just spanned the entire barrel. The distance was impressive once broken in, easily competing with all the top Utrip bats out there. One very positive note is that when the stick did break in, the handle and barrel stayed relatively stiff. This bat does not have a soft/mushy feeling at all. To me, it feels very very close to a well broken in Freak +. A side note, the Reaper seemed to have the biggest sweetspot of any of the bats there in my opinion, beating out the Freak+, OGJH and BH Syn+...before you call BS let me explain. Where it seems bigger is towards the endcap....this bat seems to have a sweetspot that continues on where the Velocit-e's is if that makes sense. It almost seems as if the sweetspot spans literally from the taper to the about 1" to the endcap. Bottom line, the sweet spot is gigantic on this bat. The performance of this bat is awesome as I mentioned earlier, easily competing with the bats I feel set the industry standard (Freak + and OGJH). The longest shots of the day for me went to the Reaper, this seemed true for most of the power hitters, however the slap hitters continued to hit the Freak+ better than with Reaper, OGJH or Helmer. Another nice thing about this bat is the pop, solid shots through the infield, and nice line drives into the outfield. I wont go as far as to say this bat will make a your everyday 'Larry' into a stud, but hit it on the sweetspot and you will not want to put it down. The .75oz endload is the perfect amount for me, and will be for those who want a bit more endload than a Jeff Hall in my opinion. I was able to hit more over the LF/LC fences between 320'-365' than I ever have with any legal Utrip stick. Plain and simple, I was impressed with its performance. As far as the rest of the bat, the knob is a standard combat bat knob. The endcap says tamper proof.....though I am sure there are some guys who will find a way to get it off (hopefully not). Overall, we put about 350 more hits on this bat, totaling roughly 450 hits. The bat broke in at the 150 hit mark (very good imo) about the same as the new M75 Mayhem. With an endload of a Freak +, and relatively very short break in period, you definitely see the homework Rip-It put in to create the Reaper. They took the best of both worlds and combined it into one bat. Though manufactured by Combat, this bat is different from my SX3, B-1 and Virus bats. Would I put my Freak+ down for this bat.....yep I already have.....in fact, I stopped swinging the Recoil and Players Model due to how much fun this bat is to hit. As always, it wont be for everyone, but it WILL be for those who like a stiffer bat, with great performance. Matt, you did really well with this stick! A+ from me and the boys on the West Coast. Pros - quick break-in, generous sweetspot, solid performance, great distance, nice endload Cons - stiffer handle, seemed more suited towards power hitters, has a relatively large endload __________________ |
| May 27, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: getting better all the time I have heard from a good source that Rip It will have the yellow elite bat, or maybe it will be another color legal for SSUSA. With the 1.20 and all. Now this is just a rumor for now. I agree that if this happens it will be a major homerun for them. Not so much the bat but because of the way these guys can market. From what I can see their dealer network is much larger than Combat and might even be close to Miken by now. Which means many places to buy. Including softball.com My grand DD plays at ASU and I hear really good things about the company and products. Hope I don't get in touble for sharing this. |
| May 26, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Watch WCWS Would like to remind you all to try and watch, support the college softball playoffs and world series. It is fun to watch with some great softball action. Of course my grand DD is playing for Az State Univ so 'so Devils'. Watch a few games and you will understand when I say "wish I could hit like a girl" |
| May 22, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Miken Recoil I am not a bat expert by any means, heck, I can hardly hit. But I have noticed over the past few years that Miken has a new bat almost 2/3 times a year. It seems like the same bat with a new paint job or a adjustment here and there, but still the same old bat. If they are new bats than why can they not just keep one model for awhile or is this the way Miken makes the fatihful keep buying bats ? You guys know better than I, please let us know. |
| May 8, 2007 azsenior | Topic: Bats Discussion: Hit the new Reaper bat from Rip It Had a chance to hit the new Reaper bat this morning. The bat is end-loaded and feels more like the org Freak but hits like the Anaconda Combat bat toned down a noch or two. I still prefer the Senior ASA bat in swing feel as do most of us that hit the Reaper because our swing speeds are slow and the Senior bat is very forgiving. If we could hit like Homerun Bill or those other power guys the Reaper would be the bat of choice. So for you hitting studs that want a heavier bat to swing, end loaded and all I think the Reaper might work well. Anyway, we liked it. |
