The global baseball equipment market in 2024 was valued at $17.9 billion and is predicted to hit $22.5 billion by 2029, according to the Baseball Equipment Market Report.

Baseball bats are allowed in checked luggage but not in carry-on bags, according to the TSA. That applies to full-size bats as well as the souvenir size ones sold as spring training souvenirs.

The bats even have the attention of the reigning state champs, the Bob Jones baseball team and its head coach, Jared Smith. He said he’ll have to figure out if it’s the bat itself or the batter in the ...

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MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is ...

“The torpedo-style bat is nothing new. It’s been around for a long time," said Lar Gilligan, president of Akadema, a Bloomingdale-based manufacturer and seller of baseball and softball ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. "They're absolutely good for baseball," Manfred ...

But the owner and founder of Closeout Bats, a popular family-owned baseball and softball equipment shop in Westwood, said his phone has been ringing off the hook over the few days with callers ...