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 ...

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 ...

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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BATON ROUGE – Holding the bat reminded me of the good old days. Weekend tournaments in the sweltering heat. Friday nights under the lights in Orleans. Tuesday evening practices in the batting cages ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Marucci Sports, a popular Baton Rouge-based baseball and softball company, has been acquired by the Connecticut-based company Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI). Compass ...