Louisville Slugger TPX Intermediate Pulse Chest Protector Review
Louisville Slugger TPX Intermediate Pulse Chest Protector Feature
- Cutting-edge chest protector with top-grade memory foam
- Advanced dimpled padding keeps you safe from errant throws
- Removable suspension floaters mimic a player's movement
- Black nickel hardware; includes removable groin protector
- Double removable shoulder guards; strategic pad design
Equipped with Louisville Slugger's Pulse technology, the TPX Pulse intermediate chest protector provides the ultimate in comfort and protection. The TPX Pulse is the lightest chest protector on the market, with top-grade memory foam and advanced dimpled padding keeping you safe from errant throws and foul tips. Catchers will also love the TPX Pulse's cutting-edge, removable suspension floaters. The floaters feature an independent design that mimics a player's movement, so you can react quickly and effortlessly to balls in the dirt or throws to the plate. Finally, the chest protector includes black nickel hardware and an over-the-shoulder harness for comfort and durability. Other features include double removable shoulder guards, a strategic pad design, and soft and sleek components. The TPX Pulse intermediate chest protector includes a removable groin protector and comes in such colors as black, navy, royal, scarlet, and gray.
About Louisville Slugger
In many ways, the rich 120-year history of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat began in the talented hands of 17-year-old John A. "Bud" Hillerich. Bud's father, J.F. Hillerich, owned a woodworking shop in Louisville in the 1880s when Bud began working for him. Legend has it that Bud slipped away from work one afternoon in 1884 to watch the Louisville Eclipse, the town's major league team. After Pete Browning--the Eclipse's star who was mired in a hitting slump--broke his bat, Bud invited him to his father's shop to make a new one. With Browning at his side giving advice, Bud handcrafted a new bat from a long slab of wood. Browning got three hits using the bat the next day. Browning told his teammates, which began a surge of professional ballplayers visiting the Hillerich shop.
Although J.F. Hillerich had little interest in making bats, Bud persisted, eventually registering the name Louisville Slugger with the U.S. patent office in 1894. In the early 1900s, the company was one of the first to use a sports endorsement as a marketing strategy, paying Hall of Famer Honus Wagner to use his name on a bat. By 1923, Louisville Slugger was the selling more bats than any other bat maker in the country, with such famed clients as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Lou Gehrig. In the ensuing years, the company has sold more than 100 million bats, and 60 percent of all Major League players currently use Louisville Sluggers. The company now sells far more than bats, including fielding and batting gloves, helmets, catchers' gear, equipment bags, training aids, and accessories.
The Black Intermediate TPX Pulse chest protector has a new and improved design for ultimate comfort and fit. The design utilizes the most effective impact reduction system. The intermediate design includes a removable groin protector.
