Joey Bishop knows he was lucky. He reminds himself every day, while preparing for his new job in construction or during playtime with his 3-year-old daughter. What Bishop remembers about April 18, ...

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan once missed a start after being bitten by a coyote. Outfielder Vince Coleman missed the entire 1985 World Series after being rolled up in the tarp machine. Obviously ...

Tracy Nichols is a stickler for details, but the breadth of basic skill sets the Trinity Catholic High School baseball team has worked on the past two weeks has expanded greatly, in terms of time ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In an instant, exhilaration ...

In case you have not noticed, the bats in high school baseball are not what they used to be. In 2011, a rule change prohibited any and all aluminum bats that did not have a "BBCOR" stamp on it. Why is ...

Baseball has long been a sport that loves its acronyms, such as ERA and RBI. But it's BBCOR and BESR that are having a noteworthy offensive impact on the high school game this spring. In Class 6A, run ...

Aiming for safer play and shorter games, college baseball for the 2011 season adopted the most significant new bat standards in 12 years. The game was altered with dramatic changes in almost every ...

Old Hickory, long known for successful wood-bat-making endeavors in MLB, took a unique approach to their reentry into the BBCOR bat market with the A1 and C2 models. “We set out to create our own ...

Louisville Slugger wants to take the sting out of BBCOR bats, making vibration technology the focal point of updates to its 2019 lineup of bats, released this August. Tom Burns, senior product manager ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Sports Authority has agreed to put a CIF label on bats that can be used ...