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

Remember the first time you stepped into a professional baseball park. The grass is brilliant green, the smell of diamond dirt is in your nose and the crack of wood meeting ball resonates through the ...

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 ...

The 139-year history of Louisville Slugger doesn’t stop now, with the heritage brand unveiling its 2023 lineup of wood bats. “The 2023 lineup gives a nod to some of the game’s legends, as well as some ...

For the first time in 28 years, the crack of wood bats may be heard at amateur baseball parks next season instead of the ping of aluminum bats. The Minnesota Baseball Association, at its Oct. 20 ...

The crack of a baseball off a wooden bat is one of the most gratifying and distinct sounds in all of sports, a noise that has helped provide the soundtrack of idyllic summer days and nights for more ...

In the wake of the World Series, many hopeful young players will head to the batting cages to emulate the swings of major leaguers with one key difference: They will use metal, not wooden bats. But ...

Over the past five years, Tom Gandolph has made up to 1,200 wooden bats for players across Indiana. Hear how Gandolph Bats ...

A certain style of baseball bat is taking the MLB by storm.The New York Yankees crushed a team-record 9 home runs against the Brewers on Saturday, but all the attention was on the bats some of the ...

The crack of a ball hitting off a wooden bat and echoing throughout a stadium is central to the ethos and mythology of baseball, the kind of sound that conjures images and memories of picturesque ...