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Detroit Tigers bat boy Frankie Boyd named to American League All-Star team
Frankie Boyd, a member of the Detroit Tigers' ball crew, has won a vote to represent the American League at the 2025 All-Star ...
2025 Lehigh Valley softball offensive players of the year: Catchers shine with their bats at the plate
Catchers spend more time around the plate than any other player in softball, so they might have an advantage when it comes to ...
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The Great Torpedo-Bat Panic - The Atlantic
It turned out they’d been designed by an MIT-trained physicist and were tailored to each player’s swing, with the bulge positioned at the place on the bat where that player tends to hit the ...
College Baseball Has a Power Problem: Players Keep Hitting the Ball Too Hard
In the big leagues, only superstars like Aaron Judge can routinely crush the ball at speeds in excess of 115 mph. In college baseball these days, everybody’s doing it.
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The Science behind Baseball’s ‘Torpedo Bats’ - Scientific American
After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?
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ASG voting not done yet! You can send 2 Ball Crew members to Atlanta
We know which players are heading to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard. Now, which two ballboys or ballgirls ...
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Every team and player in MLB using the new 'torpedo' bat
MLB's torpedo bat has taken the league by storm this season. Which teams and players have used it? Here's a tracker.
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The history of bats: How MLB lumber has changed, from corking and axe ...
Here are the bat regulations laid out during a convention of National Association of Base Ball Players in 1861: "The bat must be round and must not exceed two and one half inches in diameter ...