"I like being a local guy," Tom Gandolph creates custom bats for baseball players across Indiana in southisde garage.

An curved arrow pointing right. Xylo Bats is a company in Texas crafting custom wooden baseball bats. Owner Leland Wetzel made his first bat in 2012, and now the company produces over 1,000 bats a ...

Aluminum bats have replaced their wooden counterparts as the bat of choice in youth and recreation leagues. (Star-Ledger File Photo) Recently at Citi Field, I heard a fan screaming "Put some wood on ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Concerns that metal or composite carbon fiber bats used in youth baseball hit balls too fast compared to wood bats are unfounded, Rhode Island researchers say.

From the sandlot to the stadium, one local man is making wood bats right here in the Upstate. Jamarcus talks with Dan Wilson, owner of Dan Bats.

Many youth or amateur baseball players are more familiar with using aluminum baseball bats or training bats made with composite materials, but professional baseball players must use traditional wooden ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X For Cal Ripken Jr., the resounding crack of a wooden bat striking a baseball in the sweet spot was ...

WEST WARWICK, R.I.—The crack of the baseball bat is back. For years, the Rhode Island teams in the American Legion Baseball league—the oldest nationwide youth program—played with aluminum bats that ...

Unless you play Major League Baseball, you have a choice when it comes to picking the material for your bat. Your options are wood, aluminum or composite. Each of these materials provides the player ...

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) --The crack of the baseball bat is back. For years, the Rhode Island teams in the American Legion Baseball league -- the oldest nationwide youth program -- played with aluminum ...