A Dover man was sentenced to 2-4 years in prison for killing the family dog with a baseball bat. The York County District Attorney highlighted the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence.

The bats that are caught during the Bat-a-thon are measured and sampled. Then, depending on the species, they're routed to different scientists working on a variety of projects.

Bats are allowed to have a cupped indentation up to 1 1/14 inches deep, 2 inches wide, and with at least a 1-inch diameter. However, any experimental models have to be approved by the MLB.

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.

Marucci makes bats popular among Major League Baseball players, as well as amateurs, under its namesake brand and the Victus brand. It also sells an array of gloves, bags, balls and protective gear.

Jared Smith speaks about torpedo baseball bats during an interview at Victus Sports in King of Prussia, Pa., on April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Who knew there would be a baseball bat craze?

The 2008 Orange Stealth was a game-changing baseball bat that broke offensive records and sparked controversy. Its advanced technology made it incredibly powerful, leading to injuries and the ...

By 1999, the bats began to spread around baseball. (Tom Szczerbowski / USA TODAY) Holman had to master the craft, and quick. That first year, he says, he made 80 bats. The following year, 2,000.

This year, Homewood is on track to make up to 10,000 bats (Louisville Slugger makes about 1.8 million, according to its website), which is an increase of 60 percent from last year.

That explains the broad view of baseball-bat history, one as aerial as, say, a certain Joey Gallo pop-up from 2019. To zoom in a bit more closely, let's undertake a brief and certainly not ...

Baseball bats are slightly shorter in length than softball bats — 33 inches for a baseball bat versus 34 inches for softball. Despite being slightly shorter in the length, baseball bats tend to ...