Several years ago, in a safety measure designed to protect pitchers against dangerous line drives, Major League Baseball approved innovative headgear representing a hybrid of cap and helmet. It didn’t ...

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the bat has become baseball's latest fad.

Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the latest convert, hitting two home runs and knocking in seven runs in his first game with the ...