With the introduction of the Tacktion Grip baseball bat (patent pending), AkademaŽ, the manufacturer accelerating the evolution of baseball equipment, has found a use for all those sunflower shells littering dugouts throughout the country. This brand new baseball bat incorporates a proprietary mix of ground sunflower shells, walnut shells and sand affixed to the handle of the baseball bat to provide extra grip. This slurry mixture is painstakenly applied onto the handle of each bat to provide a pretreated grip. No more messy pine tar, no more tape, the Akadema Tacktion Baseball Bat is ready for immediate use.