Bruce Tatem aka "The Bat King" is the guy behind the most incredible bats you've ever seen! You've seen Bruce's work wether it be at the London Series when Francisco Lindor was using a Mr. Met as a London guard or the crayon bat that went super viral last season. Bruce looks at these pieces as art and talks to us about the thought and work that goes into some of his coolest work that he brought by to show us. He also tells us stories about guys he has made bats for like Juan Soto, Mookie Bettes, Bryce Harper and more of the biggest stars in baseball!
00:00 - Intro: Meet the Bat King
01:06 - The Art of Custom Bats
03:15 - The Story Behind the Pencil Bat
06:52 - Viral Success: Selling Out in Minutes
09:40 - Custom Coffins and Wildest Requests
12:23 - Working with MLB Stars
17:02 - Designing for Juan Soto
20:10 - Players Weekend and Iconic Bat Designs
23:45 - Comic Books, Cartoons, and Inspiration
27:30 - Victus becoming the official bat of MLB
30:48 - Unveiling the Home Run Apple bat and Spider-Man influenced Mets bat
33:22 - Outro and Closing Thoughts
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