With hitting arguably harder than ever, teams are looking at data, technology drills and, yes, new bat shapes to get an edge.

Imagine being able to fly through pitch-black caves, dart between tree branches at midnight, and snatch a tiny insect out of ...

When they emerge at night in large numbers, bats avoid colliding with each other by adjusting both their flight patterns and ...

Physically, you can do all the stuff and you can practice and be great at practice, but mentality, I think is the base of ...

He made the start at third base, then to cap a day to remember he hit his first career regular-season homer, a 370-foot shot to left that he scorched at 103.9 mph off Rodón, in his first at-bat ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. “They’re absolutely good for baseball,” Manfred said ...

The "torpedo" bat used by several players on the New York Yankees was created by Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT physicist who now coaches for the Miami Marlins. Leanhardt developed the torpedo bat from ...

During spring training, someone in the organization had mentioned to Kay that the team's analytics department had counseled players on where pitches tended to strike their bats, and with ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some ...