Anybody have any tips on installing these? I tried stretching fist but they're still extremely difficult to get on.

I think I may be going about this the hard way as trying to put them on out of the game. I'll try it installed and see if that's easier. Thanks

Before putting the bats back in the game I tried one more time last night using the stretching trick with Chanellocks and was able to get it done. They were still pretty stiff after 5 minutes of stretching but it did make a noticeable difference and was able to get it done (injury free!). As others did, I looped it around the fat end and pushed it down and over the skinny end using my thumbs. I had the skinny end of the bat resting on the top of my workbench for leverage so I was essentially pushing the elastic downwards into the workbench. It helped that I have 1/4" cork floor tile covering my benchtop which helped them from slipping and provided a little "give".