Baseball is a sport that relies on only two things: a ball and a bat. Today we take a look at the stats of the hitter’s weapon ...

Several of baseball's 41 approved bat suppliers are making versions of them, from Louisville Slugger and Victus to Chandler and Authentic. "If all of the manufacturers aren't already making them ...

An Old Hickory bat leans knob-up against the wall, its black barrel tapering up into a bare, pale, wooden grip. It's an ordinary-looking baseball bat -- until the lime-green sensor ensconced in ...

The Mason City Black Bats, as they came to be called, originated in Mineola, Texas, where they were known as the Texas Black Spiders. A good number of small towns in the 1930s had town baseball teams.

The bat Babe Ruth used to hit the first home run at Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923, fetched $1.265 million in a 2004 auction, but one of his jerseys from 1920 went for $4.4 million in 2012.

In 2011 it created the Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution (BBCOR), a composite bat safety standard that one year later was adopted by the Federation of State High School Associations in ...

A bat vibrating at its fundamental frequency (above, in black) has a node of zero vibration about 6 1/2 in. from the barrel end (Node 1). This was long thought to be the bat's sweet spot.

A new bat can better prevent the stinging sensations of a bad hit. July 18, 2013— -- Cincinnati pitcher Aroldis Chapman pitched a fastball that clocked in at 101 miles per hour at Tuesday ...