Louisville has finally responded to Easton and Demarini's multi-piece bat designs with the Louisville Slugger TPX Triton, a unique 3 piece bat. What I find amazing about this bat is the size of the barrel. This is the largest barrel I've ever seen on a baseball bat. My initial thought is this thing looks like an oak tree!

The unique 3 piece design allows the barrel and the handle to be designed and built as individual units. They are then fused together via what is called the Bubble Transition Zone. Louisville claims this makes the bat function as a more advanced one piece bat (I'll get to this claim in a second). The bat is made of 100% composite material and includes the standard Louisville stiff handle. The Adult -3 model retails for $399 and the Youth -12 at $249.

TPX Triton™ Senior League Baseball Bat (-10 oz.) from Louisville Slugger -10 oz. 3X composite design. Bubble transition zone. Louisville Slugger® end cap. 2 3/4 Patented Full Barrel®. For players 13-15 years of age, as well as younger players whose leagues allow diameters larger than 2 1/4. Synthetic grip, 7/8 standard handle. Aluminum bats are not guaranteed against denting, bending, breaking, worn finishes, or worn rubber grips.

Louisville has long promoted the benefits of the 1 piece design and stiff handle for baseball bats. The success of 2 piece bats from Easton and Demarini has finally forced them to manufacture a multi piece bat. Unfortunately, being stubborn, they won't admit to the general public that their new multi piece bat is actually a multi piece bat! They claim it's "really" a one piece bat that is fused together from 3 pieces. This is insane!!! Louisville's entire marketing department should be fired immediately.

Louisville has to either admit multi-piece bats have merit or stick to a true one piece design, we're not fools. I'm skeptical to purchase a bat for $399 when the manufacturer is telling me little white lies. What's next, saying they've developed a flex handle fused to act like a stiff handle?

TPX Triton™ Youth Baseball Bat (-10 oz.) from Louisville Slugger 3X 3 piece composite design Bubble transition zone 2 1/4 barrel Synthetic grip 7/8 standard handle Aluminum bats are not guaranteed against denting, bending, breaking, worn finishes, or worn rubber grips.

Having said all this about their marketing, or lack there of, I will say that I do think the Louisville TPX Triton is a quality bat. That huge barrel makes it very appealing and it seems to hit very well. But I can not recommend it now due to some doubts about the design and its durability. At the present time I recommend the Easton IMX (Stealth or Synergy IMX) or Demarini CF3 in this category.

You can read reviews of all Louisville bats at Louisville Baseball Bat Reviews

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Author: R. Nelson

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I've spent a lot of time over the years searching for quality information for Baseball Bat Reviews. With two sons playing ball over the last 12 years, and spending a lot of time coaching, I've always tried to stay on top of the latest innovations and avoiding the hype and quite honestly, the unnecessary costs. My goal is to give you quality information that wasn't available to me over the years. I hope you find it useful.

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