WOOD RIVER — When his T-shirt business started to overtake his house just outside of Edwardsville, Mike Roper decided it was time to find a new location, and he brought a number of people along ...

The Appalachian League announced in September that it would transition to an elite, wood-bat summer league for the top 300 college players in America. Structurally, the Appalachian League will ...

Custom-made wood-carved goblets made by Calvin St. Peter at Mug Man Woodworking on Tuesday, April 8. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Standing in his home garage, Cal St. Peter places a round of ...

But, others question its place in a league that has long used aluminum bats. “As far as high school, we don’t use wood bats ... torpedo-like shape — are custom made to player preferences ...

Philadelphia Phillies superstar first baseman and right fielder Bryce Harper found out the gender of his upcoming fourth child via a custom baseball bat given to him by Phillies teammate Trea Turner.

But after dozens of swings in the cage, where he said the balance was better, the ball sounded more crisp off the bat, the left-handed hitter ordered on the spot four custom-crafted torpedo bats ...

The company specializes in making custom wood bats for youth to professional players as well as fully customized batting and fielding gloves. Backyard Bats sells seven different kinds of bats ...

Ed Costantini of Newtown Square picked up the custom-designed VOLPE11-TPD ... He was busy, sketching ideas for next year’s bats for the baseball All-Star game in Philadelphia.

Ed Costantini, of Newtown Square, picked up the custom-designed VOLPE11-TPD ... He was busy, sketching ideas for next year’s bats for the baseball All-Star game in Philadelphia.

"But it’s caught a lot of attention lately." Youth and high school players can use wood bats in league games, but are likely to use either BBCOR or aluminum bats during the spring season.

A typical wooden baseball bat only gets wider from the handle to the barrel, while a torpedo bat gets wider toward the center of the barrel then tapers. The end shape resembles that of a bowling ...