Baseball bats have been made out of hickory — a dense ... Maple might not be the end of the exploration of different wood types, either. Bamboo can be used alongside maple to make for a stronger ...

which alter the design of the bat's wooden barrel, have other teams around the league taking notice and wondering if this could have a lasting impact on baseball. While other types of modified ...

If hitting a baseball is considered the most difficult ... a season’s worth of batted-ball data that shows what type of impact these bats had on performance. Average exit velocity, contact ...

the Bob Jones baseball team and its head coach, Jared Smith. He said he’ll have to figure out if it’s the bat itself or the batter in the box. “They’re a different type of athlete ...

On the latest episode of "Baseball Bar-B-Cast," Jake and Jordan broke down baseball's latest phenomenon: Torpedo bats These bats boast ... and take a look at what type of deals we can expect ...

helping that type of bat become more widely used in Major League Baseball. It was later alleged that Bonds had been possibly using steroids during that season. Bonds has denied knowingly taking ...

In the baseball world ... lumber harvested in Quebec to design bats that lasted longer and, thanks to the physical characteristics of the wood type, actually would get firmer over time, resulting ...

The new design turned the typical shape of a baseball bat into something ... It may be that torpedo bats work better with certain types of swings, or against certain pitches, and not as well ...