Prior to the widespread use of professionally made bats, players would often craft their own out of tree limbs, ax handles, and scrap wood from building or even casket construction.

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 ...

A week has passed since torpedo bats burst onto the scene as the talk of the 2025 MLB season, and the hitting innovation is still buzzing through the industry. We asked our MLB reporters to talk to ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take ...

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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some ...