The Philadelphia Phillies slugger used a blue bat in his first plate appearance of Monday night’s game against San Francisco ... custom-made bats from Victus Sports — one of the bat ...

Joe Kozlowski is the Newsweek Sports Team Lead ... gear boils down to a bat, a ball and a glove. Have there been some technological advancements? Sure, but today's game isn't that different ...

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In time, I think it will have a negligible impact on the sport, as pitchers learn to adjust their game ... their bats for decades. Remember the axe handle craze? How about the hockey knob?

NEW YORK – Right off the bat, the Yankees’ “torpedo ... “There’s a lot of new things in the game, like the adding the little hockey puck on the (knob) that some guys have ...