With wood bats, “it’s definitely a different game,” said Blacken, who eventually learned to hit with lumber and played four seasons as a power-hitting pro in the independent Frontier League.

Ted Williams looked for bats with knots in the barrel because, he thought, the compressed wood within the gnarls would return more energy upon impact with a pitched baseball. It’s the same ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Now that there is no longer a threat of getting rid of metal bats ...

Wood bats break, while aluminum bats, relatively speaking, don't. The gap isn't as big as it once was, however. Bats that meet the new BBCOR standard generally cost between $350 and $400 apiece ...

DS Wood moved its operations from a back alley two-car garage in Hummelstown at co-founder and bat maker Richie Schwartz’s parents’ house to a roughly 2,000 sq. ft. facility on W. 2nd St. in ...

Though modern baseball bats originate from maple, ash and birch wood, the Big Bat is made of steel, according to the museum's website. Was the Big Bat made in Louisville?

Jawbats, a Baldwin City-based baseball bat manufacturer, is hoping to take a swing at the big leagues and join the conversation. Local baseball bat company takes a swing at baseball’s biggest stage ...

Though modern baseball bats originate from maple, ash and birch wood, the Big Bat is made of steel, according to the museum's website. Was the Big Bat made in Louisville?