re: Things from baseball past.

I actually still have my 33 1/2 Easton bat, best bat ever made

That's the exact grip tape weave pattern I had on my old Adirondak bat, first aluminum we had when I was in high school. We used wooden bats up until my Freshman year when the aluminum bats were available. Preferred wood over the original aluminums. The first Easton I had was like a pipe. When my son started playing T-ball his bat had more pop than those original aluminums.