Bat Review : 2016 Worth Resmondo Legit

Well, it’s time for a bat review. Generally I don’t do them, because a review is always subjective.  So in this case I had several of my teammates and some local players take a few hacks with the new 2016 Worth Resmondo Legit.  Over the next few weeks I’ll try and review a varying series of bat models including Worth, Miken, Combat and Boombah.  I’d love to hear about a bat you think I should review.

So first things first, since we were Worth last year we decided to make a comparison and so we also hit the 2015 Worth Resmondo Legit and the 2015 Worth Powercell.

WOW was the word of the day.  We used this bat at the Majors World Series in Orlando and hit it the day before the tournament started.  It was hot out of the plastic and continued to heat up.  Preliminary testing on the Compression Tester put that bat at 260 NIW.  A good sign as the 2015 models tended to hover around 250 brand new and didn’t last as long.

The sweet spot was just as big as ever.  This bat feels FANTASTIC.  Even a base hitter type player can stroke one with this thing.

We hit Thunder ZN Stadiums, Thunder ZN Classic M’s and the Hot Dot M pluses.  The performance was excellent even with the M+ balls.

The next thing we noticed was that it was DURABLE.  Finally a hot bat that didn’t explode after 200 hits.  The biggest complaint we had last year was that the bats were so hot they didn’t last.  Fine for a Conference team but not so much for the average League / local tournament player who’s only got one or two bats. This was an early production model, so I was expecting it to be either a log and over done on the durability or as fragile as glass based on the performance we were getting at the Major.

I have been hitting this bat since the end of October.  I take BP with it 3 or 4 times a week.  It’s mid-December and this bat it FIRE.  It’s still testing right at 220.  I’m going to put it up until it’s time for Snowball.

My recommendation : get your hands on one of these. 5 out of 5 stars.

In it for the long haul

Being friends with someone isn’t always easy.  Being teammates with people you may not even like is even harder.  So how then do you have a successful team? Persistence.

Just like the game itself building a team will take time, perseverance and practice.  You’re going to have to work at it.  Not everyone can be Resmondo or Smash it.  For numerous reasons.  The number one reason is money.  Guys at that level are paid like professionals and (more importantly) they often act like professionals.  Yes we can all point to incidents where they probably didn’t, but by “professional” I mean that they approached playing ball like  a business.

Every day I deal with people I may or may not like.  In business you smile, ask about there kids or their weekend or whatever,  even if you could care less.  Because you’re a professional and you have to present yourself as such.  Same with playing ball. Those guys may not even like each other, but you’d never know it one way or the other because they look, work and act the part.

Which brings me to my point.  Since most of us don’t have money like that, we need to find a different way to build a team.  Most coaches focus on talent and putting together teams based on that alone.  I don’t.

Gene Hackman said something in the Replacements (great movie), when a reporter asked him near the end of the movie “what will it take to get back in this game” he said “heart, it’s going to take heart”.  Think about that.  A team of replacement players, without the talent of the professionals they were playing against, and while this was just a movie it does play out all the time.  The team with heart wins.

I try to focus on a mixture of talent and heart.  Because if you are true friends with the guys to the left and right of you, then you will fight that much harder for them.  Give that little bit extra.

I’ve been at this for a few years, and every year I learn something new about this player or that player.  Each year I structure my team on Chemistry and talent, and each year we get better.  Last year was a testament to what  a team with heart can do.

This is a simple game.  There is no magic secret to success.  There is however a formula.  Now I just need to find all the right pieces and maybe I’ll get that elusive ring.