The folks at Axe Bats, a Baden Sports brand, say the round knob at the bottom of a baseball or fastpitch bat does nothing for you. In fact, it gets in your way, forcing players to choke up away from ...

The baseball bat is a brutish creation, a blunt instrument created to pummel a round ball. Never has anyone accused it of being some sort of technological marvel. It exists in almost the exact form it ...

If you asked 100 experienced survivalists to name their must-have tools, it’s a safe bet that an axe would be on that list. A standard axe performs a surprising number of tasks around a campsite or in ...