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ACCTivate! customer, Mattingly Sports, was established in 2005 from an innovative idea from the mind of New York Yankees legend, Don Mattingly aka "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hit Man."

As a ball player, Mattingly trimmed the handles of his bats to create a custom fit, and he later realized after watching his three boys play little league baseball that a similar concept would help them improve their swing.

It was later realized that this "custom" handle could help many, not just his kids and their friends, so less than a year after chatting on a flight with his seat neighbor, accomplished businessman and now CEO of Mattingly Sports, Skip Shaw, Mattingly Sports was born and the V-Grip™ was developed.

After a 12-year career with the Yankees, the six-time all star and nine-time Gold Glove first baseman became the co-founder of Mattingly Sports. He currently takes an active role in promoting the company and its products.

Mattingly's innovation, the V-Grip positions hands correctly around the bat handle by forcing the handle away from the palm and into the fingers, which Mattingly Sports describes as a more tension free swing.

Their bats have also been statistically proven to increase bat speed beyond that of the traditional round handle bat.

Mattingly Sports bats exclusively feature the V-Grip technology and include game approved bats for baseball and fast pitch softball at various levels from T-ball to College ball.

In addition to alloy aluminum, composite and wooden baseball bats, Mattingly Sports also manufactures other sporting goods equipment such as bat bags, batting gloves, training bats and just recently fielding gloves and training bases.

The V-Grip bats are available through local team dealers, online retailers, such as Baseball Express, Eastbay and Anaconda, as well as through major retailers including Dick's Sporting Goods, Modell's Sporting Goods, Sports Chalet, Hibbett Sports and Olympia Sports.

The target markets for the bats are currently youth baseball, fast pitch softball and adult baseball, but Shaw said that possibly Major League Baseball will be added to the list in the future. However, some Major League hitting coaches use Mattingly Sports' training bats.

Mattingly Sports has seen continued success since their launch. Shaw said they have increased 20 times over the last three years and that he anticipates expansion in their product lines including the V-Grip bats.

ACCTivate! has helped Mattingly Sports manage such growth since 2007, when they began using the system for their business operations. "We couldn't have managed a controlled system at that level of growth without ACCTivate!," Shaw said.

Read about Mattingly Sports' success with ACCTivate! as their inventory & business management solution.

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