NEW YORK (WABC) -- Major league baseball players can alter their hitting bats to compensate for more than just hitting style. Weather and even their own height can go into the equation to equal a home ...

A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s latest ...

The New York Yankees smashed 15 home runs in their first three games of the 2025 Major League Baseball season last week, largely thanks to a brand new tool: torpedo bats. These revolutionary new bats, ...

AURORA, Minn. -- A family-operated Iron Range baseball bat manufacturer is making its major league debut. At Iron Wood Bat Co., Brad Scott and his parents, Dave and Barb, this year hope to produce ...

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred recently addressed the advent and rising popularity of the so-called "torpedo bat," a bowling-pin shaped bat the popularity of which has coincided with a ...

As the 2025 fantasy baseball season approaches, identifying the elite hitters who can anchor a championship-caliber roster is crucial. These five players stand above the rest, combining elite power, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Larry has written about baseball and other sports since 2001. In a normal year, the baseball season has just passed Memorial Day, ...

A woman named Virginia living in Virginia found a bat in a closet that may well be the earliest of its kind in existence: a J.F. Hillerich and Sons Louisville Slugger, circa 1890-1893. And the old ...

PLAIN CITY, Ohio - As the story goes, Manny Ramirez would take his order of new, custom-made bats, identical in weight and length, and spread them out on the clubhouse floor. He picked up each one and ...

YOU’LL BE EXPOSED AS A TEAM. THE BATS HAVE BEEN SOLD. THE NEW OWNER IS DIAMOND BASEBALL HOLDINGS THAT OWNS A NUMBER OF OTHER MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROPERTIES AND CLUBS. THE PURCHASE PRICE WAS NOT ...

Are baseball bats and softball bats interchangeable? If you’re looking to join a recreational baseball or softball league, you may have to stock up on a few items before you’re ready to play. Though ...

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.