The new 2013 Louisville Slugger BB136 -3 Omaha BBCOR bat has been the most popular bat for over 11 years running at the high school and college level and helped the University of Arizona Rock Omaha and Accomplish their Mission by winning the 2012 National Championship title in record fashion. The 2013 Louisville Slugger Omaha BBCOR bat is drastically improved over generation 2 BBCOR bats. It swings, sounds and feels like your old BESR bat. How did Louisville Slugger improve its BBCOR performance in the 2013 Omaha BBCOR bat? Through the revolutionary Composite Flex Band Technology that was simply bonded to a BESR bat shell wall providing the new lightweight, balanced design for a longer sweet spot and greater bat speed. Rather than thicken the walls of our bats to bring them in line with BBCOR standards, we inserted a 1"-wide graphite band. Not only does this band give the bat the lowest swing weight available for a 2 5/8" BBCOR barrel, it’s small enough that the sweet spot feels just like your old BESR bat. Competitors simply thicken their walls in a 4"-5" wide band right in the sweet spot resulting in a heavier, lower performing, smaller sweet spot BBCOR bat. Our 1"-wide graphite band results in the lowest swing weight available for a 2 5/8" barrel BBCOR model! Louisville Slugger has taken BBCOR performance to the next level by achieving the lightest swing weights and the thinnest walls through the sweet spot in all segments on the market. Flex Band Technology keeps the bat perfectly balanced. Don"t believe that all bats are created equal and BBCOR performance cannot get better? Swing the #1 bat brand in MLB, the Authentic Official bat of MLB. Louisville Slugger exists to make you great!