Marucci and Victus account for half of MLB bat market share. The company has also carved out a chunk of a much bigger market. Building on a close relationship with college baseball powerhouse LSU, it ...

Major league prestige has helped Louisiana's Marucci Sports carve out a chunk of a much bigger market: selling bats to college players, high schoolers and little leaguers with big-league dreams.

While metal bats have become synonymous with college baseball and differentiated it from the major and minor leagues, why are they used instead of wood? Here’s a closer look at why college ...

At Wayne State, LaMantia wore No. 4, for Bobby Higginson. LaPensee wore No. 5. (The Backyard Bats logo has five fence posts, for LaMantia, and the fourth post is a baseball bat, for LaMantia.) ...

Torpedo baseball bats are displayed at Victus Sports in King of Prussia, Pa., Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)(Matt Rourke / AP) The torpedo bat has gained attention in baseball ...

Marucci is one of the official bats of MLB, along with Victus (Marucci purchased Victus in 2017). Together, they provide bats to a majority of the players in MLB.

Keeler's bats measured 30½ to 31 inches in length (bats are now typically 33 or 34 inches), with varying weights up to 46 ounces. Such a thing would look comical in today's game.

The torpedo is the talk of 2025, but bat experiments have changed baseball and created controversy for 150 years.

The Babe's thin-handled stick helps change baseball forever Baseball writer and historian Bill James has often pointed to the continual thinning of the bat handle as a key driver of the game's ...