One-third of all pro baseball players now swing handmade wooden bats made by Marucci Sports, a Baton Rouge, La., company that began when a father made a bat for his son. Jack Marucci's 8-year-old son ...

Kurt Ainsworth remembers running a baseball batting cage business that gave youth lessons during the day, then moonlighting to help build baseball bat maker Marucci Bat Co. in its early years. “We ...

Baum Bat President, Ben Boulware, commented: “In joining the Marucci family, we are thrilled about our next stage of growth and look forward to working with their exceptional team. Baum Bat has ...

Marucci Sports, a Baton Rouge sports apparel manufacturer primarily known as a bat supplier for Major League Baseball, has been sold for $572 million. Compass Diversified, a Connecticut firm that ...

Marucci Sports launched two decades ago with a secondhand lathe in a backyard shed, where one of its founders churned out perfectly balanced wooden baseball bats by hand. It's about as old school an ...