Aiming for safer play and shorter games, college baseball for the 2011 season adopted the most significant new bat standards in 12 years. The game was altered with dramatic changes in almost every ...

As baseball season ramps up across the country, Academy Sports is offering a rare markdown on one of the most recognizable bats in the game. The Louisville Slugger 2025 Atlas BBCOR Baseball Bat is ...

The general landscape of high school baseball is undergoing a considerable change this spring. The National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) instituted mandatory use of the BBCOR ...

It is an iconic movie scene for any sports fan. The star of The Natural, Roy Hobbs, steps to the plate wielding his famous bat “Wonderboy” that he’s used since high school. Hobbs hits a long foul ball ...

Tracy Nichols is a stickler for details, but the breadth of basic skill sets the Trinity Catholic High School baseball team has worked on the past two weeks has expanded greatly, in terms of time ...

In 2012, the Northern Region saw a 57 percent drop in home runs from the previous season. The dropoff stems from a 2009 NCAA decision, which called for a new standard to measure the performance of ...

Baseball has long been a sport that loves its acronyms, such as ERA and RBI. But it's BBCOR and BESR that are having a noteworthy offensive impact on the high school game this spring. You won't find ...

Joey Bishop knows he was lucky. He reminds himself every day, while preparing for his new job in construction or during playtime with his 3-year-old daughter. What Bishop remembers about April 18, ...

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan once missed a start after being bitten by a coyote. Outfielder Vince Coleman missed the entire 1985 World Series after being rolled up in the tarp machine. Obviously ...

Louisville Slugger wants to take the sting out of BBCOR bats, making vibration technology the focal point of updates to its 2019 lineup of bats, released this August. Tom Burns, senior product manager ...

Baseball practice has just begun at many high schools across the country, but this year, the game is different. The National Federation of State High School Associations has adopted a new standard for ...

In reaching the Virginia AAA baseball championship last season, South County hit 56 home runs, a staggering total for a high school team that played 29 games. The Lorton team — and just about every ...