The crack of a baseball off a wooden bat is one of the most gratifying and distinct sounds in all of sports, a noise that has helped provide the soundtrack of idyllic summer days and nights for more ...

The crack of a ball hitting off a wooden bat and echoing throughout a stadium is central to the ethos and mythology of baseball, the kind of sound that conjures images and memories of picturesque ...

Lawmakers, leagues take a closer look at the safety of aluminum bats. SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — The collision of an aluminum bat and a baseball produces a distinctive “ping,” a sound of summer heard on ...

For Cal Ripken Jr., the resounding crack of a wooden bat striking a baseball in the sweet spot was the sound of spring — much more satisfying than the “ping” or “bink” heard when a youth player with ...

There’s long been a debate in baseball circles about the respective benefits and drawbacks of using wood bats versus metal bats. However, there are relatively few scientific studies on the topic that ...

GUNNAR Sandberg, a 16-year-old California high school pitcher, was hospitalized in critical condition after being struck in the head March 11 by a 100 mph line drive off a metal baseball bat. His ...