It's an innocent yet exciting sound: the resounding tonk! of a baseball rocketing off a metal bat at a college, high school or youth baseball game. But a critical injury to a California high school ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) - A teenage pitcher suffered serious head injuries from a ball hit by an "unreasonably dangerous" aluminum baseball bat, he claims in a lawsuit against the bat makers. Cole Schlesner ...

Once baseball players join the professional ranks, their days of playing games with metal bats are effectively over. It's all wood bats, and there's a very good reason for that: It's legitimately ...

CITYWIDE — The familiar “ping” sound of a ball springing off an aluminum bat has long been associated with high school baseball. In Santa Monica and the rest of California, that sound may soon be a ...

Gunnar Sandberg's story is horrific and heartbreaking, but not unique. Sandberg, a 16-year-old Marin Catholic High School pitcher, was hit in the head March 11 by a line drive off a metal bat during a ...

While meant to simulate wood bats, regulation USA Baseball metal bats are more forgiving than wood for young players who might not connect with the ball on a bat's optimal 'sweet spot.' After testing ...