Patent ID: 6893363

Claim:
An apparatus for practicing baseball batting, comprising: a base formed of a rubber block, said base having a center through hole through top and bottom surfaces thereof; an upright vertically supported on the top surface of said base, said upright having a metal screw holder fixedly provided in a bottom end thereof and fastened to the center through hole of said base with a screw, and a top coupling hole axially disposed in a top end thereof; a rubber stem upwardly extended from said upright, said rubber stem having an annular groove extended around the periphery thereof near a top end, and a bottom end press fitted into the top coupling hole of said upright; a flexible hollow plastic tube, said flexible hollow plastic tube having a plurality of annular grooves extended around the periphery thereof at different elevations, a top coupling hole axially disposed in a top end thereof, and a bottom coupling hole axially disposed in a bottom end thereof and fastened to the top end of said rubber stem; and a tubular rubber ball holder, said tubular rubber ball holder having an expanded top ball seat adapted to hold a ball for batting, and an engagement flange extended around the periphery near a bottom end thereof and press-fitted into the top coupling hole of said flexible tube.