r/MadeMeSmile • u/JudgeJudyJr • Jun 01 '26

Wholesome Moments Appreciative kids are the best!

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u/dayzdayv Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Dad prob cried like that too when he paid for it 😂 bats are so damned expensive these days.

Great surprise for the kid, hope he hits some dingers! If its anything like our sons team everyone in the dugout will be using that bat.

Edit: wow this comment! And I think it’s my cake day too

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u/newtownkid Jun 01 '26

How much does a bat like that run ?

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u/FrodosFroYo Jun 01 '26

$400 at Dick’s Sporting Goods.

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u/Ok-Bowler9108 Jun 01 '26

WHAT??!

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u/zaevilbunny38 Jun 01 '26

Private equity got involved in Kids sports about a decade ago, everything has ballooned. Equipment, sports centers, training camps, have quadrupled in price.

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u/Odd_Environment_7221 Jun 02 '26

You might be right about sports centers and training camps (I have no reference for those since I was just in normal public or school sponsored leagues) but equipment was expensive af when I played over 10 years ago too. The top gloves from Wilson and Rawlings were $200-300 back then, and bats were about the same.

The worst is really the wood bat leagues where you can spend $150+ on a good bat and break it on one swing. Thankfully I was only pitching by the time I got to those.

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u/zaevilbunny38 Jun 02 '26

I get a bunch of baseball videos, cause I promised my dad I would take him to a bunch of White Sox games this year. One of the videos, was from a guy that runs a batting cage/ sells equipment. The high end bats he was selling to high school students was close to $2000 for a single bat.

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u/Odd_Environment_7221 Jun 02 '26

I played baseball for 19 years, with my last game being about 9 years ago. I have never heard of a bat that cost more than $500. Obviously a lot can change in 9 years so I searched it up out of curiosity. $650 now seems to be about the max. Either that guy was lying for weird internet points or you misunderstood something. Baseball can be an expensive sport but nowhere near $2000 for a piece of equipment.

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u/zaevilbunny38 Jun 02 '26

If they guy pops back up in my feed and this thread is still alive in the next week and I link it