Aiming for safer play and shorter games, college baseball for the 2011 season adopted the most significant new bat standards in 12 years. The game was altered with dramatic changes in almost every ...

Old Hickory, long known for successful wood-bat-making endeavors in MLB, took a unique approach to their reentry into the BBCOR bat market with the A1 and C2 models. “We set out to create our own ...

Joey Bishop knows he was lucky. He reminds himself every day, while preparing for his new job in construction or during playtime with his 3-year-old daughter. What Bishop remembers about April 18, ...

Louisville Slugger wants to take the sting out of BBCOR bats, making vibration technology the focal point of updates to its 2019 lineup of bats, released this August. Tom Burns, senior product manager ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of Georgia standout Charlie Condon cannot be stopped. The Georgia baseball star set a new NCAA record on Thursday night with his 34th home run of the season, which now ...

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan once missed a start after being bitten by a coyote. Outfielder Vince Coleman missed the entire 1985 World Series after being rolled up in the tarp machine. Obviously ...

In case you have not noticed, the bats in high school baseball are not what they used to be. In 2011, a rule change prohibited any and all aluminum bats that did not have a "BBCOR" stamp on it. Why is ...

It is an iconic movie scene for any sports fan. The star of The Natural, Roy Hobbs, steps to the plate wielding his famous bat “Wonderboy” that he’s used since high school. Hobbs hits a long foul ball ...

Almost 20 years of development work in RTM of dry fabrics went into the design of the Icon BBCOR, Rawlings’ first two-piece bat made with infused dry braided fabrics. Source (All Images) | Rawlings ...