Frequently, amateur baseball players use metal or composite bats, and professionals use wood bats. However, there may be times where amateur and youth players want to use a wood bat, either for ...

Rawlings baseball bats have a big place in sports history. But now the ash trees used to make those iconic bats are threatened by an invasive... A Beetle May Soon Strike Out Baseball's Famous Ash Bats ...

MENARDS. BASEBALL SEASON MAY BE OVER, BUT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE CRACK OF THE BAT AND DEPENDING ON THE WOOD YOU’RE USING THAT SOUND IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT WITH BATS LIKE ...

CHICAGO - It's known as the Marucci KB17.2, turned from solid ash wood, and built to the liking of Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. Fellow Cubs player Matt Szczur liked the design well enough ...

I fed the wide board into the planer and listened to the motor slow as it began working the hard wood. Out the other side, the wood emerged smooth and pale yellow-white. The grain flowed in the ...

There's a voracious little bug destroying forests across the eastern U.S. Scientists say emerald ash borers, exotic beetles imported accidentally from Asia, have killed as many as 50 million trees.

Baseball bats don’t top the U.S. Senate’s agenda these days, as legislators grapple with a U.S. Supreme Court nomination, the covid-19 pandemic and the Nov. 3 election. But for Senate Minority Leader ...