For Cal Ripken Jr., the resounding crack of a wooden bat striking a baseball in the sweet spot was the sound of spring — much more satisfying than the “ping” or “bink” heard when a youth player with ...

The crack of a baseball off a wooden bat is one of the most gratifying and distinct sounds in all of sports, a noise that has helped provide the soundtrack of idyllic summer days and nights for more ...

She wraps her arms around her son, gently raising the spindly 14-year-old boy off a couch to his feet. She hugs him and rubs his back, whispering "I love you" over and over. Steven Domalewski moves ...

There’s long been a debate in baseball circles about the respective benefits and drawbacks of using wood bats versus metal bats. However, there are relatively few scientific studies on the topic that ...

Fans of the sport may be wondering whether or not metal bats are allowed in MLB. It is largely the only level of baseball that players hit with wood and not aluminum. Minor leagues also share the same ...

Metal "gallium" with a melting point of 29.8 degrees has the effect of weakening metals such as aluminum and silver. In order to confirm this, an experiment that gallium is applied to a metal bat and ...

14-yr-old Steven Domalewski's family is suing a metal bat manufacturer. May 19, 2008 — -- The family of a 14-year-old boy is suing a bat manufacturer, a Little League affiliate and a local ...