YES Network Features Akadema's Wood Bats

Online, May 25, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Hawthorne, NJ - May 25, 2010 - Yankees on Deck, an original program from the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network, returns to Akadema and enters the wood bat shop. The segment will air on YES Network Wednesday, May 25 at 12:30pm, Thursday, May 27 at 7:30am, and Friday, May 28 at 11:00pm EST. Akadema CEO, Joe Gilligan, and Wood Bat Specialist, Gregg Griffin, will demonstrate the process of taking a wood billet and finishing with a baseball bat. The Yankees on Deck host selects an ash billet, and watches as it is cut on the lathe, finished, painted and engraved with her name. The Akadema Bat Shop, located in Hawthorne, NJ, cuts over 30,000 bats per year, making Akadema one of the largest wood bat manufacturers in America. Akadema bats are made using the highest quality maple and ash wood. Each bat is handpicked, cut, and finished in the United States, with the whole process chronicled by Yankees on Deck.

About Akadema: Akadema is the world's most exciting baseball and softball equipment company. In its short history Akadema has become the hottest baseball and softball equipment company for professional, college, high school and serious youth players. Akadema attributes their increase in market share to their innovative quality professional product line, which is contrast to mass production products that have little to do with quality or feel. Akadema has long stood for high quality and performance and wants you to Bring Your "A" Game. Akadema comes highly endorsed by MLB players like: Manny Ramirez, Shane Victorino, Cameron Maybin, Ross Ohlendorf, Vin Mazzaro, Brad Ziegler, Craig Breslow, David Murphy, Brandon McCarthy, Derek Holland, Jose Guillen and many others as well as Senior Advisors and MLB Hall of Famers Gary Carter and Carl Yastrzemski.

Contact:
Dave Terranella, Marketing Manager
Akadema Inc.
140 5th Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
Phone: 973-304-1470
Fax: 973-636-6375
www.akademapro.com