Karma and the evil forces of “Globogym”

OK. Who saw the movie Dodgeball? Well, we are huge fans here at the batters box. In order to understand the meaning behind this blog, you should rent the movie, then read this….

Recently the Batter’s Box, “AKA Regular Joes” has come across the evil forces of “Globogym”. The mean, evil, hideously ugly owners of this gargantuan place are trying to squash Regular Joes. Behold, the mean evil dragon breath owners and their pathetic henchmen will never take down the good girls at Regular Joes.

See ya Torre! What will the Yanks do?

Wow. When I turned on the tv last night, I couldn’t believe that NY would have to say farewell to legendary Joe Torre. After 12 years of faithful service, he will move on, tossing a one year, 5 million + incentive deal. Torre is a Yankee staple! Where will he go? Who will replace him?

I couldn’t sleep last night. Only $5 mil? What were they thinking?

Banning aluminum bats…turning back the clock on technology?

Everyone always wants the hottest, greatest bat around. Everyone wants to be the team superstar, the homerun hitter. More and more kids and adults alike spend hundreds, even thousands to get their hands on the hottest new stick. Technology is a beautiful thing! With the right hitter (or with high tech bats even average joe), a ball can travel 500+ feet speeding off the bat at over 100+ miles per hour. Wow, I know when I’m up to bat, I want every advantage. Well,  apparently NYC has banned these aluminum powerhouses from High School games. The new wood only rule applies to high school games played in the city and people are in an uproar! I have to say, I have given this alot of thought and many have gotten into this conversation with many of my customers. From a manufacturer’s standpoint, it would be disastrous. Easton has already threatened suit against the city for passing the rule.   They would lose SOOOOO much money. As a sporting goods retailer, I must assume that the manufacturers are making hefty margins on their products because I know that they are definitely NOT passing any of the profit onto their dealers.   From a dealers point of view, it would be great for us. We have to lay out A LOT of cash up front in inventory. I would much rather stock a whole shop of $60 wood bats instead of $300 aluminum bats that are outdated after one season! I would definitely SUPPORT a ban on aluminum bats.

Another very important point:   look at the Majors and the Minors…no aluminum used there! Wood separates the men from the boys (so to speak). Please…give me your thoughts. I would love to hear them. I know this may seem extreme, but financially, players will spend about the same, but players will be safer. Most kids can’t hit the ball to save their lives, let them learn proper mechanics with the wood, just like the old days!

Keep the kids safe…baseball should be fun, not scary in the field!

Fall Ball is here!!!! Where does all the money go?

Well, fall baseball in baseball is in full swing. In our town, which I will not mention for fear of reprisal, there is one winter baseball league. This league has been around for years, and for those kids who just can’t get enough baseball, this is for them. The league charges almost $200 in fees per player. Sounds like it should be great, right? Well, we’ve had about 100 parents come in over this past weekend to buy their little players new pants and jerseys for winterball. Wait, didn’t the league provide uniforms? For nearly $200 per kid, they should! There are nearly 500 kids in this league. That’s $100000!!!! The uniforms they gave out consisted of the crappy pull up pants and a MLB t-shirt that didn’t fit. They couldn’t even ask the kids their correct sizes! It is a sad sad world when some thief is stealing nearly $100000. Shame on YOU!!!!

WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING MEN CAN!!

So I am sitting here typing this blog staring at an assortment of <a href=”http://battersboxonine.com”jock straps!! Not exactly what I pictured myself doing at 29 years old. How often do you walk into a sports store and find two attractive women running it. I bet you you haven’t! We are a rarity in this business. It actually works out great for us! The men like to look at us and the women like our help because we really take the time to help them.

It is actually a great conversation starter. No one ever guessed that the two of us would run a chain of baseball stores! At my highschool reunion people almost died when they heard. NOT HEATHER THE CHEERLEADER THAT NEVER PICKED UP A BASEBALL IN HER LIFE!!

Well guess what, we may have never played baseball but we can sell the hell out of a bat!! We do watch baseball games, so what we don’t know the score, We can sure tell you every last piece of equipment the players are wearing!!

Ebay…really brings out the “dumb” in people!

Wow, we love . We are Powerseller on ebay and 9 out of 10 sales work out perfectly for all parties involved. Ok…today we get a call from a lady who “mistakenly” bid and won a bat on Ebay. I heard the sob story…and of course, it is never the bidder’s fault. This lady, with no feedback, who has never bid before, insists for 10 minutes, that the item she won was not was she wanted…blah…blah…blah…..

People!!!! Please read thoroughly before you bid!!!! Negative feedback sucks for everyone.

Batter’s Box caught the marriage bug!

Heather E. got ENGAGED last weekend! Finally! Go Peter!

Jen and Scott’s wedding was July 14th. Everything was great. Who will be next out of the batters box crew to get hitched?

Jen’s Jock Strap Diaries

Ok, this guy (John) calls the shop today and asks to check stock on an item. He wants a jock strap, but he wants a triple xxxl size with a men’s xxxl cup. Whoa I say. Who is this giant man that all the ladies must be waiting in line for? So we wait for “Giant John) to show up for his 3xl cup and jock. Sure enough, he shows…this guy walks in, and we don’t think twice about it. He is 5′2″ barely 100lbs sopping wet. He comes up to the counter, and says he is John and came to pick up his jock. It was REALLY hard not to laugh. Turns out, “BIG” John really needed a teen size cup. His face turned BEET RED!

We never saw Big John again. I wonder if he wears size 14 cleats?

Ryan’s Rants

It’s coming down to the final stretch of the 2007 MLB season and the Yankees are trying to find a way into the postseason. Early on, the Yankees struggled, it got to a point where they had no idea who would be starting the very next game. Well now they have seemed to fill in their gaps and are breathing down the Red Sox’s backs. Currently, they are 5 games back from the Sox, which at one point the lead on the Yanks was more than 10 games. They are also 1.5 games back from the Mariners, who somehow, someway have maintained a respectable record despite having no pitchers. This September will decide everything… who will take the AL East division? Furthermore, who will capture the AL Wildcard? Hopefully the Yankees can pull it out down the stretch and work towards yet another championship.

Right now the Yankees seem to have a steady 5-man rotation of Wang, Pettitte, Mussina, Clemens, and the rookie phenom Phil Hughes. Everyone is clicking, hitting and pitching well. Alex Rodriguez recently hit his 40th home run of the season, extending his lead for AL MVP.

I think that the Yankees’ recent move of bringing up pitcher, Joba Chamberlain was the best move they’ve made this season. Unfortunately, Joba is really a starting pitcher and the only spot they have for him at the moment is in relief. He has dominant stuff, averaging almost 2 strikeouts an inning on opposing hitters. I really hope he can take over as the future closer, replacing the best closer of all time, Mariano Rivera. Some people disagree with making Joba the future closer because he can be such a great starting pitcher down the road, which makes sense, but with prospect Ian Kennedy working hard in the minors, it may work out better if the Yanks transform Joba into the next best closer the big leagues have ever seen.