For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in ...

In addition to their durability, players liked the maple bats because they found that they allowed them to hit for greater power; the hardness of the wood transmitted more energy from the bat to ...

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the torpedo bat has become baseball’s latest ...

“Remember when they had the maple wood bats when Bonds was using them and everyone saw Bonds hitting the ball a third of the way across McCovey Cove,” Krukow said. “Well, everybody wanted ...

The New York Yankees shook Major League baseball during their March 29th game against the Milwaukee Brewers due to their use ...

“Remember when they had the maple wood bats when Bonds was using them and everyone saw Bonds hitting the ball a third of the way across McCovey Cove,” Krukow said. “Well, everybody wanted ...

The next year, 2,000. In addition to the maple bats' durability, players liked that they allowed them to hit for greater power; the hardness of the wood transmitted more energy from the bat to the ...