When you step up to the plate this summer at your softball game, you better make sure your bat meets league standards. A June 4 memo sent out by the Central New York Softball Umpires Association ...

A Little League International Baseball and Softball senior vice president reached out to the organization's parents and volunteers to inform them that a bat that was previously legal was ...

Whether you’re playing fastpitch or slowpitch softball, you need a legal bat to use in your games. Softball bats are available in many different lengths and weights, so it’s important to find ...

Softball bat barrels are thinner than hardball bats, 2 1/4” in diameter, 1/2” less than hardball bats of the era (once 2 ¾”, now 2 5/8”), and there just wasn’t much that could be done ...

People quickly criticized these bats, but they remain legal as long as they follow MLB Rule 3.02, which states: "The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the ...

Baseball bats are slightly shorter in length than softball bats — 33 inches for a baseball bat versus 34 inches for softball. Despite being slightly shorter in the length, baseball bats tend to ...