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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Attend any area high school baseball game this spring and it's a sound you'll hear over and over again. The sound of a baseball hitting an aluminum bat and soaring into the outfield or being driven ...

The long ball has become an integral part of modern college baseball. Granted, this isn't a new development. Home runs were plentiful in the late 1990s with the rise of "Geauxrilla Ball." But the ...

Me too, I keep wondering if that was a typo and it's the ball that compresses differently with a wood bat vs an aluminum bat. My son just started 6th grade and we're deep into the whole little league ...

A California legislative committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would place a two-year moratorium on the use of metal bats in high school baseball, responding to safety concerns that were raised ...