Effective immediately, four Rawlings composite hybrid bats have been added to Little League Baseball's approved list for the 2011 calendar year.
Rawlings' 5150 Composite Hybrid (YB5150H), Rawlings 5150 Exogrid (YB51XO), Rawlings Rush Gold (YBRSHGD) and Rawlings Rush Gold Lite (YBRSHGL) join 48 previously-approved non-wood/non-composite bats licensed for the 2011 Little League season.
The newly LLB-licensed Rawlings bats feature a composite handle and alloy barrel. Little League approved of their licenses last Thursday.
“We are waiting along with other manufacturers to get information back from the waiver process for older model, 100-percent composite bats,” said Tim Lord, vice president of bats for St. Louis-based Rawlings, a subsidiary of Jarden Team Sports. “During the wait, we want to make sure we publish a list of high-performance, Little League-approved bats that consumers can purchase now and in the coming weeks to use this season.”
Since Little League announced its composite bat moratorium in late December, both team and retail accounts across the country have decided to increase the number of high-performance aluminum youth baseball bats in their inventories, such as Dick's Sporting Goods recently increasing its assortment of Rawlings 5150 Exogrid bats.
FULL LIST OF RAWLINGS' 2011 LICENSED NON-WOOD/NON-COMPOSITE BATS:
COMPANY MODEL NUMBER MODEL NAME DATE ADDED
Alloy/Metal Barrel
Rawlings TARYBRAP Raptor
Rawlings YB1AM Ambush
Rawlings YB3
Rawlings YB350 Raptor
Rawlings YB5150A 5150 Alloy
Rawlings YB51XO 5150 Exogrid
Rawlings YB650 Nemesis
Rawlings YBAPX Apex
Rawlings YBARS Arsenal
Rawlings YBARS2 Arsenal
Rawlings YBBL Bull
Rawlings YBCBLT2 Cobalt
Rawlings YBCLBR Caliber
Rawlings YBCLBR2 Caliber
Rawlings YBCLBR3 Caliber
Rawlings YBFL Fuel
Rawlings YBFL2 Fuel
Rawlings YBFL3 Fuel
Rawlings YBFL4 Fuel
Rawlings YBFL5 Fuel
Rawlings YBFL6
Rawlings YBLMP Plasma
Rawlings YBLMPG Plasma
Rawlings YBNEM Nemesis
Rawlings YBNEM2 Nemesis
Rawlings YBPLA2 Plasma
Rawlings YBPLAS Plasma
Rawlings YBRAP Raptor
Rawlings YBRAP2 Raptor
Rawlings YBRAP4 Raptor
Rawlings YBRAP5 Raptor
Rawlings YBREC Recon
Rawlings YBREC2 Recon
Rawlings YBREN Renegade
Rawlings YBREN2 Renegade
Rawlings YBREN3 Renegade
Rawlings YBRIV Rival
Rawlings YBRIV2 Rival
Rawlings YBRSHGL Rush Gold Lite
Rawlings YBSLVR Plasma Silver
Rawlings YBSTRV2 Strive
Rawlings YBSTRV3 Strive
Rawlings YBSVG Savage
Rawlings YBSVG2 Savage
Rawlings YBTRMP Triumph
Rawlings YBTRMP2 Triumph
Rawlings YBVCTY Velocity
Rawlings YBVCTY2 Velocity
Rawlings YBVCTY3 Velocity
Composite Handle/Alloy Barrel
Rawlings YB51XO 5150 Exogrid 1/27/11
Rawlings YB5150H 5150 Hybrid 1/27/11
Rawlings YBRSHGD Rush Gold 1/27/11
Rawlings YBRSHGL Rush Gold Lite 1/27/11
Rawlings is a leading manufacturer and marketer of sporting goods in the United States and a subsidiary of Jarden Team Sports.
