Rawlings® Composite Hybrid Bats Added To Little League Baseball® Approved List
ST. LOUIS, MO – January 31, 2011 – 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 (YB51XO, pictured below). Rawlings YB5150H: Rawlings YB51XO: FULL LIST OF RAWLINGS’ 2011 LICENSED
NON-WOOD/NON-COMPOSITE BATS: COMPANY MODEL NUMBER MODEL NAME DATE ADDED Alloy/Metal Barrel 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 About Rawlings Rawlings is a leading manufacturer and marketer of sporting
goods in the United States
and a subsidiary of Jarden Team Sports.
Since the company’s inception in 1887, Rawlings’ mission has always
centered on developing and producing innovative, high-performance equipment and
protective apparel for the professional player.
With an assortment of baseball, basketball, football and softball
game-related product lines, Rawlings is present everywhere team sports are
played. Leagues and conferences of all
skill levels integrate Rawlings’ unparalleled product portfolio into their
sports: as the Official Baseball and Official Helmet to Major League Baseball®,
the official baseball for the NCAA®, the official football for the NAIA®, the
official basketball for the NAIA, NJCAA® and AAU®, the approved baseball,
basketball, football and softball of the National High School Federation®. For more information, please visit rawlings.com, Rawlings’ Facebook page or by phone at (314) 819-2800. About Jarden
Corporation Jarden Corporation is a leading provider of niche consumer
products. Jarden
operates in three primary business segments through a number of well recognized
brands, including: Outdoor Solutions:
Abu Garcia®, Aero®, Berkley®, Campingaz®
and Coleman®, Fenwick®, Gulp!®, K2®, Marker®, Marmot®, Mitchell®, Penn®,
Rawlings®, Shakespeare®, Stearns®, Stren®, Trilene®, Völkl®
and Zoot®; Consumer Solutions:
Bionaire®, Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Health o meter®, Holmes®, Mr. Coffee®,
Oster®, Patton®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal®, Sunbeam®, VillaWare® and White
Mountain®; and Branded Consumables:
Ball®, Bee®, Bicycle®, Billy Boy®, Crawford®, Diamond®, Dicon®, Fiona®, First
Alert®, First Essentials®, Forster®, Hoyle®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®,
Lillo®, Loew Cornell®, Mapa®, NUK®, Pine Mountain®, Quickie®, Spontex® and
Tigex®. Headquartered in Rye, N.Y.,
Jarden has more than 25,000
employees worldwide. For more information, please visit www.jarden.com.
