JOPLIN, MO. — Local athletes taking part in the iconic Mickey Mantle Classic baseball tournament are presented with a unique challenge; turning from aluminum bats to wooden bats. “The difference ...

Tom Gandolph grew up at the baseball field. At a young age, he was introduced to the sport through his father, Dave Gandolph, who has coached for 50 seasons at various schools in Central Indiana. His ...

Scott Pershern, co-founder and CEO of Spoke Bats, gets giddy talking about baseball bat bending models, swing weights, tuned physics of maple and birch and every imaginable data point that he can ...