The Rawlings Bat Factory in Dolgeville, New York, Schumer’s home state, historically has turned out thousands of baseball bats made of ash wood, bats favored by many professional players.

Over the course of the 20th century, however, ash became the dominant wood for bats, because it offers a good balance of weight, swing speed and durability, said Lloyd Smith, a mechanical engineer ...

Rawlings baseball bats have a big place in sports history. But now the ash trees used to make those iconic bats are threatened by an invasive beetle that's spreading in forests across the Northeast.

MENARDS. BASEBALL SEASON MAY BE OVER, BUT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE CRACK OF THE BAT AND DEPENDING ON THE WOOD YOU’RE USING THAT SOUND IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT WITH BATS ...

Popular baseball bats may soon disappear from fields as ravenous Asian beetles rapidly consume the wood used to make them, according to reports. American scientists say the emerald ash borers ...

The crack of bats this time of year means two things: Baseball is back and winter is over. But Major League Baseball's spring soundtrack relies heavily on wood from white ash trees treasured for ...

Last season, about 70 percent of Major League Baseball players used maple bats, with 25 percent using ash and 5 percent yellow birch, according to MLB Players Association spokesman Greg Bouris ...