2009 Louisville Slugger FP93T TPS (-8) Triton Fastpitch Bat

The unique 3-zone design of Triton allows the barrel and handle to be designed and built as individual units. The transition bubble area brings everything together to function as a more advanced 1-piece bat. The Triton is designed with 100% aerospace grade graphite. With composites, performance and durability are dictated by the angle of the fibers and the wall thickness of the barrel. Our high-strength fibers allow us to use the best angle for performance while keeping the barrel wall thin for maximum flexibility.

Designed for high school and college softball players, the Louisville Slugger FP93T Triton fastpitch bat brings new meaning to the word "performance." From the earliest days of the game, Louisville Slugger has employed the most powerful technology in the bat business. Back in the days of Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, that meant putting the most skilled craftsmen at the lathe, where they handcrafted bats to the most demanding specifications of the world's most demanding players. Today, it means applying the latest aerospace technology to bat making, delivering high-tech aluminum, hybrid, and composite bats for youth, high school, college, and senior leagues.

The Triton composite bat features a unique three-piece design, with a separately built handle, barrel, and Bubble Transition (BT) Zone. The BT Zone--which is located between the handle and barrel--functions as the bonding piece, optimizing the relationship between the other two pieces and creating a stiffer and stronger bat. The barrel, meanwhile, boasts an exclusive computer-designed pattern with precisely positioned layers of graphite, resulting in an extra-long length and a huge sweet spot. Other features include a 7/8-inch standard handle with a synthetic grip, a Louisville Slugger end cap, and a -8 oz. weight ratio without the grip (Louisville Slugger also sells lighter Triton fastpitch bats with a -10 ratio). Available in lengths ranging from 32 to 34 inches (with weights from 24 to 26 ounces), the FP93T Triton fastpitch bat is approved by the ASA, USSSA, ISA, ISF, and NSA. Each Louisville Slugger bat comes with an industry-best one-year warranty.

About Louisville Slugger
In many ways, the rich 120-year history of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat began in the talented hands of 17-year-old John A. "Bud" Hillerich. Bud's father, J.F. Hillerich, owned a woodworking shop in Louisville in the 1880s when Bud began working for him. Legend has it that Bud slipped away from work one afternoon in 1884 to watch the Louisville Eclipse, the town's major league team. After Pete Browning--the Eclipse's star who was mired in a hitting slump--broke his bat, Bud invited him to his father's shop to make a new one. With Browning at his side giving advice, Bud handcrafted a new bat from a long slab of wood. Browning got three hits using the bat the next day. Browning told his teammates, which began a surge of professional ballplayers visiting the Hillerich shop.

Although J.F. Hillerich had little interest in making bats, Bud persisted, eventually registering the name Louisville Slugger with the U.S. patent office in 1894. In the early 1900s, the company was one of the first to use a sports endorsement as a marketing strategy, paying Hall of Famer Honus Wagner to use his name on a bat. By 1923, Louisville Slugger was the selling more bats than any other bat maker in the country, with such famed clients as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Lou Gehrig. In the ensuing years, the company has sold more than 100 million bats, and 60 percent of all Major League players currently use Louisville Sluggers. The company now sells far more than bats, including fielding and batting gloves, helmets, catchers' gear, equipment bags, training aids, and accessories.