Academy’s $350 Louisville Slugger Atlas baseball bat is now only $170

As baseball season ramps up across the country, Academy Sports is offering a rare markdown on one of the most recognizable ...
Penn Live

Five years in did the BBCOR bat standard make high school baseball a safer, more balanced game?

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, ...
phillyvoice.com

Five years later, BBCOR baseball bat standard making amateur game safer

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 ...
Oregonian

Baseball: Power outage is the cost for safety as BBCOR bats make their high school debut

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. You won't find ...
WREG

BBCOR bat aims to decrease speed to reduce injuries

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...
Post and Courier

BBCOR bats that changed the college game in 2011 debut at the high school level in 2012

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 ...
USA Today High School Sports

Would switching to wood bats benefit high school baseball?

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 ...