REQUIRED READING: Diversity in College World Series field reminds us what college sports is all about Has college baseball ever used wooden bats? It has. Wooden bats were once common in college ...

DETECTIVES are hunting thugs who used baseball bats during a vicious assault on a 20-year-old man. Their victim suffered head injuries during the frenzied attack in Powell Street, Darwen, at 11 ...

But the bats abide by Major League Baseball's collectively bargained bat specifications for shape (round and smooth), barrel size (no larger than 2.61 inches in diameter) and length (a maximum of ...

Baseball bats have been made out of hickory — a dense, heavy wood that helps explain why the bats sluggers used in the earlier days of the game weighed as much as Dustin Pedroia did — and out ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins joined the ongoing discussion this week about the use of torpedo bats that has taken the big leagues by storm after the New York Yankees' strong outing over ...

The rule also states that baseball bats must be one solid piece of wood that is shorter than 42 inches and cannot have a diameter greater than 2.61 inches.

While meant to simulate wood bats, regulation USA Baseball metal bats are more forgiving than wood for young players who might not connect with the ball on a bat's optimal 'sweet spot.' After ...