Backyard Bats, a custom wood baseball bat manufacturer, was founded in 2004 across the Detroit River in Windsor by John and Paul LaMantia, but moved to Washington Township with Paul and Ryan LaPensee ...

For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in ...

Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.

Torpedo bats, however, could come into play in the spring and summer when fields such as the Midland Baseball Complex in Batavia host youth and high school league teams that use wood bats.

Torpedo bats are thinner at the top with more wood closer to the batter’s hands. The Yankees debuted these new bats in their opening weekend and hit 15 home runs.

Perhaps the team's newly-designed wooden bats had something to do with it? Yankees play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay detailed during the game how New York redesigned its wooden bats thanks to a ...

Maine Billets in Anson made the initial bats that the New York Yankees helped make the hottest item in the sport. Now, a few ...

Johnson said the uptick in homers has led some SEC coaches to believe the college game should transition to using wooden bats. Johnson is not among them. He argues home runs and high scores have ...

A group of young boys in baseball caps and jerseys peered through the sawdust-covered glass, watching the lathe turn wood to baseball bat at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory on Monday afternoon ...