The volatility of aluminum, the bat of choice from youth to college ball, is again being questioned by legislators, especially as it relates to player safety. In New York, city council voted in March ...

CITYWIDE — The familiar “ping” sound of a ball springing off an aluminum bat has long been associated with high school baseball. In Santa Monica and the rest of California, that sound may soon be a ...

OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — Bill Kalant never had a chance to get out of the way of the baseball that put him, as doctors told his father, “on the cliff of death.” The pitcher’s parents, sitting a few feet ...

BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts could become the first state to ban aluminum baseball bats from postseason high school games, citing injuries from line drives that can fly through the infield at close to ...

Aluminum bats were seen as a cost-saving alternative to wood when they were introduced at the college level in 1974, and the extra offense they produced added excitement to the games. Advances in ...

Three serious head injuries to high school pitchers the past two seasons was enough to catch the attention of the Illinois High School Association. Now, they’re doing something about it. What? They’re ...

Fauquier Gators Coach Paul Koch calls the wooden bat baseball's great equalizer. It is also perhaps the sport's biggest ego crusher. Area players in the Clark Griffith and Valley summer leagues who ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A man was arrested Monday after he assaulted the current boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend with an aluminum bat, Lincoln Police say. Daniel Bulchenko, 31, was charged with ...