“I mean, it’s an America’s Cup game ... the kissed bat helped, Encarnacion-Strand’s RBI was his seventh in four games since returning from a lengthy lower-back injury. Which, of course, means CES will ...

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Post 15’s American Legion baseball team won the WAJR Wood Bat Classic championship on Sunday. Post 15 wrapped up the tournament defeating Blaze 7-0 and Potomac Valley ...

New Australia coach Les Kiss will have little over a year to mould the Wallabies into a force to challenge for their home Rugby World Cup in 2027.

New Australia coach Les Kiss will have little over a year to mould the Wallabies into a force to challenge for their home Rugby World Cup in 2027. We're pleased to announce the appointment of Les ...

Torpedo baseball bats are displayed at Victus Sports in King of Prussia, Pa., Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)(Matt Rourke / AP) The torpedo bat has gained attention in baseball ...

In the white division of the WOW Wood Bat Tournament, Bishop LeBlond won its first two matchups by an average of almost 13 runs. Like the Lions, the momentum wouldn’t carry over into the ...

Wee Willie, wood wars and the wild west of bat experiments The torpedo is the talk of 2025, but bat customizations -- like Babe Ruth's thin handles and Shoeless Joe's "Black Betsy" -- have changed ...

Of lesser interest, the ol’ reliable wood bat itself. That was, of course, until Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger hit back-to-back homers for the New York Yankees last Saturday to open a nine ...

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the torpedo bat has become baseball’s latest fa… ...

The bat shall be one piece of solid wood.”Bats are allowed to have a cupped indentation up to 1 1/14 inches deep, 2 inches wide, and with at least a 1-inch diameter.However, any experimental ...

Torpedo bats would be legal in high school wood-bat leagues When it comes to torpedo bats, that key rule is the maximum width of a bat. In MLB, the maximum diameter for a bat is 2.61 inches at its ...

Chris Wood will miss Nottingham Forest's FA Cup quarterfinal against Brighton on Saturday because of a right hip injury while playing for New Zealand in World Cup qualifying this week. Wood, who ...