Police search for 2 men who stole 6 baseball bats worth nearly $2,100

Police are searching for two men who stole six baseball bats worth $2,099 from a Dick's Sporting Goods store in Melville.

Suffolk County police said the theft occurred at the store on Walt Whitman Road at about 7 p.m. on May 2.

The bats, Easton Hype Fire USA Youth Bats, have a list price of $349.99 each. According to the Dick's website, the composite multicolor yellow, orange and red bats are made with what Easton describes as a three-dimensional composite rope that wraps around the inner barrel "directly at the sweet spot" — a process, the manufacturer says, that "amplifies energy transfer."

Police have released surveillance photographs of the suspects and are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. 

All calls and text messages will remain confidential, police said.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”