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.

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 ...

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 ...

You know you’ve reached the big leagues when Yasiel Puig licks your bat. “He used them in the (2018) World Series and got an RBI hit, and that was a watershed moment for us,” says Cody Silveria, the ...

Which type of baseball or softball bat is best? Depending on your league regulations, there are a variety of baseball and softball bats available to help you hit it out of the park. The three main ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s long been a debate in baseball circles about the respective benefits and drawbacks of using wood bats versus metal bats. However, there are relatively few scientific studies on the topic that ...