The baseball bat is a brutish creation, a blunt instrument created to pummel a round ball. Never has anyone accused it of being some sort of technological marvel. It exists in almost the exact form it ...

Bat technology has had five years to catch up to the NCAA’s BBCOR standards, which were instituted for the 2011 college season to better balance performance and safety in bats. Previously, bat ...

When Kris Bryant homered in the third inning of an April 26 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, it kicked off a stretch of five homers in 10 games. Such a tear isn’t unusual for Bryant; the 2016 MVP has ...

Axe Bat has reached a licensing agreement with Tucci Lumber Bat Company, bringing the unique bat handle design to a third MLB-approved wood bat licensee. “Tucci’s manufacturing capabilities, product ...

As analytics reshape hitting, the industry's leading bat brands adopt the game's most advanced handle design. KENT, Wash., March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Marucci and Victus, the Official Bats of Major ...

The curiosity of it all is that for as much the baseball bat itself has changed, the rules presiding over those changes have changed very little. Here are the bat regulations laid out during a ...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip -- adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.

The traditional baseball bat’s characteristics are as universal as they are simple – a cylinder of wood, wide at the barrel and narrow at the handle, with a circular knob at the base. But for the ...

SHIRLEY, Maine (WABI) -From start to finish Dove Tail Bats in Shirley has the bat-making process locked in. “Upped our capacity to about 200 bats a day that we are able to run through the whole ...