A typical wooden baseball bat only gets wider from the handle to the barrel, while a torpedo bat gets wider toward the center of the barrel then tapers. The end shape resembles that of a bowling ...

The New York Yankees set a franchise record for home runs with nine on Saturday at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. Perhaps the team's newly-designed wooden bats had something to do with it?

For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa, Ontario. Sam Holman handed Smith an order form: six bats, all for ...

Torpedo bats, however, could come into play in the spring and summer when fields such as the Midland Baseball Complex in Batavia host youth and high school league teams that use wood bats.

against the Milwaukee Brewers. How did they do it? It's very possible that it was thanks to some custom-designed wooden bats. The Brewers certainly didn't help themselves by throwing meatballs to ...

"But it’s caught a lot of attention lately." Youth and high school players can use wood bats in league games, but are likely to use either BBCOR or aluminum bats during the spring season.

The bats are designed to be skinnier at the top end, with noticeably more wood in the area around the label (where the hitter is most likely to hit the ball) to create a custom sweet spot.

A chunk of wood could outprice a Ferrari—wild, right? When it’s the very bat Babe Ruth used to blast balls into the Bronx sky ...

A 16-year-old was remanded in court on Sunday after he was found with two wooden bats at a football stadium, and lied to officers about his identify. He was arrested a day earlier when police ...

In fact, he minimized the impact of those bats. “It’s not like some magical wood or anything else,” Murphy said to reporters, including those from The Athletic, on Sunday. “It’s just ...

Sam Holman handed Smith an order form: six bats, all for Jose Canseco. Holman handled the first one. Then, it was Smith’s turn. Craftsmanship is not for those with trembling hands. His initial ...