there are a variety of baseball and softball bats available to help you hit it out of the park. The three main materials that bats are made from nowadays are wood, aluminum and composite.

Outstanding quality for a fastpitch softball bat, but extremely expensive. What we like: Composite construction maximizes performance and longevity. Big sweet spot. What we dislike: A little too ...

Back in 1995, a business colleague challenged me to design a high-performance composite softball bat. At the time, hollow aluminum bats were the most common, with major sports manufacturers ...

as girls' softball players (such as my 11-year-old daughter) often do. There's some logic to giving fielders greater protection. On the other hand, I'm not sure composite bats that turn any jelly ...

Unless you play Major League Baseball, you have a choice when it comes to picking the material for your bat. Your options are wood, aluminum or composite. Each of these materials provides the ...