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 ...

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 ...

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When College of Southern Nevada assistant baseball coach Sean Larimer received a text message from Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper late last week asking for his mailing address, he knew Harper ...

Iconic bat maker struggles amid crowded field and changing times Marucci Bat Company%2C founded in 2002%2C challenges Slugger as top choice in majors Players say bat choice all about feel and not ...

Marucci Sports, subsidiary of Compass Diversified (NYSE:CODI) has acquired Baum Enterprises, a designer and manufacturer of composite wood bats. The acquisition will expand Marucci’s product line and ...

Compass Diversified Holdings CODI3.64%increase; green up pointing triangle has struck a deal to buy a leading maker of baseball bats for professional players in one of the few acquisitions to be ...