Major League Baseball publicly released a trove of bat-tracking data today that offers fascinating insights into what makes the best hitters good -- and the worst bad. With everything from bat speed ...

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Scott Bridges of Odessa is a big baseball fan, and he dedicated his life to making the game safer 26 years ago.

(NEXSTAR) — Even if you don’t follow baseball, you may have heard talk of the torpedo bats that seemingly helped propel the New York Yankees to put up 36 runs and hit 15 homers during their opening ...