Metal baseball bats can significantly outperform wooden bats according to a recent study by a group of Brown University bioengineers, confirming a belief widely held by players and coaches. PROVIDENCE ...

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 ...

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 ...

A large wood and metal ball used by ships' crews as a visual aid to set their clocks by has been reinstalled at the top of Edinburgh's Nelson Monument following restoration work. The device, which is ...