regulation USA Baseball metal bats are more forgiving than wood for young players who might not connect with the ball on a bat's optimal 'sweet spot.' After testing wood bats and two types of ...

The Inland Empire 66ers' bats were nearly as hot as the 100-plus degree temperatures during the first inning Thursday night against the visiting Lake Elsinore Storm. But the biggest cheers weren't for ...

“[And] wood is still heavy. Part of baseball is hitting the ball far, but the other part is just hitting the ball. If you have a heavy bat, you're going to have a harder time making contact ...

One hundred fifty years ago, the sport we now know as baseball was starting out in America with underhand pitching, ...

Inside were 3,000 of what he thought would be the first baseball cards ... the World Wood Bat Association national championship, an annual gathering for hundreds of travel ball teams.

Donning an Indianapolis Indians jersey – the Triple-A minor league baseball affiliate of the Pittsburgh ... She connected with the ball, which went down toward the other end of the cage.

LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson on Wednesday released ... so we were aggressive in finding players with extra-base hit potential. “The bat speed, the physicality, the conviction of what they ...

And yes, even the no-nonsense TSA can admit this is funny: “For Carry-on bags: We asked the Magic 8 Ball and it told ... hockey sticks, baseball bats, and tent spikes are not allowed in carry ...

Ken Goldin, whose collectibles auction house Goldin have sold some of baseball’s most iconic ... region of $250,000 each for Ohtani’s bat and ball from the game. "This accomplishment will ...

And they grind out at-bats, they get big hits ... tied with the Dodgers for the most in baseball. Not when they have a right fielder who hits the ball softer than any regular in the game, not ...

and a prospect to the cost-cutting Padres for a one-year rental player with a $31 million contract but Soto brought a desperately-needed left-handed bat and formed baseball’s best slugging ...