Meet the Bat King: The Genius Behind MLB's Most Iconic Custom Bats w/ Bruce Tatem

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices