Posted by: Greg (battersby@gandb.com) on Thu Aug 30 19:52:37 2001

DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THE PRO BATTER TRAINER AND IF SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT, SUPPOSEDLY IT IS USED BY NUMEROUS MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS,YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.PROBATTERBT.COM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT AND NO JOE A I AM NOT SELLING THEM AND AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH THEM IN ANY WAY I AM JUST A PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER LOOKING TO IMPROVE.
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> >bob...i went to probatter.com.....i couldn't find a price, but given their emphasis on finding potential investors, i think it costs in the thousands of dollars.....their potential customer is an investor who will then rent out the system to a team....if you could find such an establishment it might be interesting to see how much the "rent" is............the concept itself is interesting...you het to "hit" against your choice of a variety of pitches.....but you are swinging at an inanimate object, so without any feedback as to how well you "hit", i'm not sure how beneficial it would be.............respectfully, grc.......

The ProBatter system is, indeed, used by a number of MLB teams including the Chicago White Sox and NY Mets. There are presently 20 installations around the country using the equipment in New York, Connecicut, New Jersey, California, Texas, Nevada, Illinois and Canada. To correct any misunderstanding, the hitter actually hits against real baseballs (or pitching machine balls) NOT inanimate objects. The ball is released through a hole in the screen in synchronization with the projected image of an actual pitcher winding up and throwing (from both a full windup and stretch; lefy and righty). The website is www.probatter.com.