How to Select a Baseball Bat Rack

You recently decided to coach baseball, but there's one problem: you don't have access to all of the equipment you need to coach your team effectively. One organizational tool you are missing is a baseball bat rack, which will prevent bats from rolling around the dugout – and will also give you an effective means of collecting and counting bats at the end of practice or at a game.

If you're coaching high school baseball or little league, your dugout is more than likely a chain link cage, rather than a concrete bunker. If this is the case, you will want to purchase a baseball bat rack that is designed to hook onto chain link. Wolverine Sports manufactures these racks in sizes that can hold either 12 bats or 24 bats. The smaller size costs approximately $30 and the larger, $60. Wolverine has a web presence, so you can purchase these online directly from their e-store or purchase them used on ebay.

In addition to simply holding baseball bats, you can also purchase a baseball bat rack that can hold balls. These racks usually have a number of half-cup ball containers on the top, allowing you to store 12 to 24 balls, depending on the size of the rack. Furthermore, some of these better baseball bat rack models will also allow you to add your team name to the rack. This might seem like a foolish, needless, and costly addition, but it can really serve to enliven team spirit.

Dugout Candy sells a number of personalized and ball-holding racks. Surprisingly, these baseball bat rack models do not cost considerably more than a no frills model. The 12-bat racks sell for about $40 and the 24-bat model sells for about $60.