Over about the last 20 years, one business has been standing by their side swinging their bats. DeMarini Sports has been a big part of the Oregon State Beaver’s success in baseball for years.

The Aggie baseball team is right in the swing of things as they get ready for SEC play, so grab some maroon and white to cheer them on at Aggieland Outfitters.

The Associated Press / Jared Smith speaks about torpedo baseball bats during an interview Wednesday at Victus Sports in King of Prussia. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A 70-year-old man who plays in an ...

“The torpedo-style bat is nothing new. It’s been around for a long time," said Lar Gilligan, president of Akadema, a Bloomingdale-based manufacturer and seller of baseball and softball ...

While the bats aren’t entirely new, the larger baseball world took greater notice of the oddly shaped bats when the New York Yankees used them to throttle the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend.

The thing is, the torpedo design is not the first change to baseball bats. They didn’t just arrive on the scene in the 19th century looking like they do today — it took years and years, well ...