Steven Fischer surprised everyone, including himself, by hitting a home run Saturday. The Richfield High School senior swung at a fastball, and with the crack of the bat the ball began a long, high ...

Grand Forks, N.D. - In 2007, North Dakota became the only state to exclusively use wood bats in all of its high school baseball games. It became a national story as baseball officials from all over ...

You know Americans have a way of tinkering with things that sometimes need to be left alone. The great game of baseball was designed to be played with wood bats. So why are thousands of kids across ...

The first of two weekends in the Walkoff Wood Bat Tournament saw two local schools go the distance in their respective brackets. On Saturday, both St. Joseph Christian and Bishop LeBlond were able to ...

NORFOLK - Wood bat baseball in Nebraska is making a comeback. One of the oldest leagues in the state, the Cedar County League in Northeast Nebraska, is alive and growing. Almost 80 years ago, when the ...

A certain style of baseball bat is taking the MLB by storm.The New York Yankees crushed a team-record 9 home runs against the Brewers on Saturday, but all the attention was on the bats some of the ...

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 ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW)-- A record-tying 15 home runs in the first three games for the New York Yankees, brought attention to the wooden bats the club used. The torpedo style bats caught the ...

A return to wood bats awaits high school baseball in 2007. On the basis of the metal-free baseball I've watched this spring, the change can only be positive. I've seen theUniversity of Mary play 35 ...