The Original Maple Bat Corporation

"THE ORIGINAL MAPLE BAT was introduced to professional play in 1997 by Sam Holman. The company is often referred to by the name of its record setting product, “SAM BAT”...SAM BAT grew out of a simple challenge. During an evening at Ottawa’s Mayflower Pub, Bill Mackenzie, a professional league scout and friend of Sam Holman said, “We're just breaking too many (ash) bats. Do you think you could come up with an answer to that?” After researching tree species, reading hundreds of patents, and studying the physics and rules of baseball, Sam, whose creativity, craftsmanship and eye for detail had been honed through years of work as a stagehand at the National Arts Centre, believed he had an answer: Maple."--https://sambat.com/pages/about-sam-bat