Unlike modern tennis or badminton racquets, the cricket bat is still strictly made of wood. Other tweaks though allow those ...

Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip -- adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.

That is part of it. Hillerich & Bradsby is a 129-year old, family-owned company that also makes youth, amateur and softball bats, and as it lost market share in recent years, it has tried to ...

Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip — adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.

Over a year in research and development, the UV Series color-changing wood bats still use professional-grade maple and comes in the SSK JB9, SSK RC22 and SSK Thor’s Hammer youth and adult models.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip - adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip - adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it ...