LACEY, WASHINGTON — There's an age-old tension between honoring tradition and embracing innovation. A family-owned sporting goods company in suburban Seattle is confronting that tension in the sport ...

The traditional baseball bat’s characteristics are as universal as they are simple – a cylinder of wood, wide at the barrel and narrow at the handle, with a circular knob at the base. But for the ...

The baseball bat is a brutish creation, a blunt instrument created to pummel a round ball. Never has anyone accused it of being some sort of technological marvel. It exists in almost the exact form it ...

Axe Bat has reached a licensing agreement with Tucci Lumber Bat Company, bringing the unique bat handle design to a third MLB-approved wood bat licensee. “Tucci’s manufacturing capabilities, product ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... RENTON, Wash. — Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip — adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the ...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip -- adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.