The crack of a baseball off a wooden bat is one of the most gratifying and distinct sounds in all of sports, a noise that has helped provide the soundtrack of idyllic summer days and nights for more ...

Lawmakers, leagues take a closer look at the safety of aluminum bats. SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — The collision of an aluminum bat and a baseball produces a distinctive “ping,” a sound of summer heard on ...

The crack of a ball hitting off a wooden bat and echoing throughout a stadium is central to the ethos and mythology of baseball, the kind of sound that conjures images and memories of picturesque ...

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 testing ...

In the wake of the World Series, many hopeful young players will head to the batting cages to emulate the swings of major leaguers with one key difference: They will use metal, not wooden bats. But ...

Once baseball players join the professional ranks, their days of playing games with metal bats are effectively over. It's all wood bats, and there's a very good reason for that: It's legitimately ...

She wraps her arms around her son, gently raising the spindly 14-year-old boy off a couch to his feet. She hugs him and rubs his back, whispering "I love you" over and over. Steven Domalewski moves ...