the majors are the only place you'll find wooden bats these days. A whole generation is growing up with a preference for another type, beginning the steady decline of one of baseball's most iconic ...

The wooden bats Dave Gulick creates have made it to the palms of many baseball players. Little League batters have hit home runs with them and professional sluggers have been struck out swinging ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Metal baseball bats can significantly outperform wooden bats according to a recent study by a group of Brown University bioengineers, confirming a belief widely held by players ...

Since the early 1970s, almost all amateur baseball and softball players have switched to aluminum bats because, unlike wooden counterparts, metal bats seldom break. Still, metal bats are illegal ...

See About archive blog posts. Baseball teams participating in the National Classic next week in Orange County will only use wood bats. The decision was made after tournament organizers polled ...