At the risk of adding a misnamed product to the world of sporting goods, Easton Sports launched the Stealth CNT baseball bat in 2005. By utilizing new technology to pack more power into a baseball bat than ever before, the Stealth CNT is anything but stealthy. How did Easton come to create such a bat? They partnered with Zyvex, a nanotechnology company, to introduce nanotechnology into an otherwise normal modern bat. For this reason, the “CNT” in the bat’s name stands for Carbon Nanotube Technology. Carbon nanotubes are an arrangement of carbon atoms in a pattern of hexagons and pentagons measuring only about a billionth of a meter in diameter (2006 Easton). These nanotubes, which are sixteen times stronger than steel, reinforce the resin between the carbon fibers of a bat, which is normally the weakest point in a bat. Nanotechnology has made the Stealth CNT into a stronger, lighter, and better performing baseball bat (Easton’s Tiny Innovation).

The Stealth CNT offers vastly improved performance. The carbon nanotubes in the resin make the bat lighter on the whole. Because of this, the bat can be lengthened without increasing its weight. By lengthening the bat, Easton has allowed for a longer barrel with a bigger sweet spot. The sweet spot is the area of the bat that packs the most power and hits the ball the farthest. The carbon nanotubes also strengthen the resin in which they reside, so the sweet spot also packs more power than normal into the same area. With a greater power density and enlarged sweet spot, the bat offers the most “kick” through the hitting zone for maximum performance (Easton CNT).


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