Miken Freak 98 Softball Bats  

Ever since the Miken Ultra II was banned from most softball parks and associations in mid-2003, players have been waiting for a bat to replace it with the style and accuracy of its predecessor. Miken’s first attempt, the Velocit-E II, felt similar but the drop off in performance was too great. The second attempt, the Edge, had good performance but with only a 10-inch barrel lacked Miken’s traditional large and forgiving sweet spot. The third attempt, the Freak, put Miken back on the right track with improved performance and durability; the new 2005 Freak 98 is the highest performance Miken allowed under the stricter ASA standard.

It is a great bat across the board – it has a nice balanced feel which can be used by all types of hitters, it has a 13-and 1⁄2-inch barrel which provides the most hitting area in slow pitch, it has an easy-to-find sweet spot which helps raise the number of good hits per swings taken, and it has good pop. It does not match the performance of the Ultra II, Freak Plus, or original Freak – but by definition it can’t.

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