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BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Jay Greene |
High-Tech Homers High-tech bats have quickly become must-have equipment for nearly every slow-pitch softball player, from recreation league novices to elite sluggers.   |
National Gardening
Karen Dardick |
Going Batty! Gardeners are discovering that attracting bats is a smart way to control pests |
Smithsonian
May 2004
Douglas Chadwick |
A Mine of Its Own Where miners used to dig, an endangered bat now flourishes, highlighting a new use for abandoned mineral sites. |
Science News
April 9, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Sosa's Corked Bat How does a corked bat help a hitter? Actually, there's little scientific evidence that corking a bat actually makes much of a difference. But that didn't stop the rousing controversy that surrounded Major League Baseball's Sammy Sosa in June, 2003. |
Sports Central
June 28, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Bats Whittled Down to Uneven Playing Field If MLB wants to be taken seriously in preserving the integrity of the game, it must do a far better job of it rather than its present lethargic effort. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
David Coburn |
This Is My Job: Baseball Bat Maker A 25-year-old's love of baseball brought him to Sam Bat, an Ottawa-based manufacturer that produces maple bats for more than 150 pro players. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
Grainy Issue Remains For MLB Bat Makers MLB would be doing itself a service if it far more respected those who brought it to the dance -- the fans and the small businesses that prop it up. |
Popular Mechanics
September 5, 2008
Chris Ladd |
With Makeshift Bat Cave, MLB to Scan Broken Wood for Fan Safety As the crack of the bat grows increasingly dangerous, instant replay isn't the only high-tech rethink in the works for Major League Baseball. Scientists are hard at work developing new designs for bats to keep stadiums safe. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Jean Kumagai |
Fixing Wind Power's Bat Problem Turbines kill hundreds of thousands of bats each year, but new technology could drastically cut the toll |
Sports Central
March 18, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
Baseball's Unending Controversies Controversies regarding Pete Rose and aluminum bats have bubbled back up to the surface this week. |
BusinessWeek
March 6, 2006
Mark Hyman |
Deck Them Out For The Ball Game Shopping for your Little Leaguer? Get ready for some Big League prices. |
Sports Central
September 5, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
Are MLB Bats the New PEDs? Of note is the correlation that primarily since 2003, when MLB initiated its survey drug testing, which later led to full-blown testing in 2004, that bats have been breaking at a rapid pace, and more and more each season. |
Science News
November 6, 2004 |
Bat Moves and More This link shows the winners of this year's Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Science magazine. The site includes a dramatic video of a bat hunting a praying mantis. |
BusinessWeek
July 31, 2006
Michael Orey |
Family Diary: Preventive Care Gone Batty The kids were asleep. A bat may have entered the room. Time for rabies shots? |
Salon.com
October 23, 2000
King Kaufman |
What a wuss! After his bat-tossing incident in Game 2, Roger Clemens offers lame excuses and weak denials. We should expect more from our World Series heroes... |
Scientific American
August 2009
Peter Brown |
Night Stalker: White-Nose Fungus in Bats -- Why It's Our Problem, Too No end in sight for the bat-killing white-nose syndrome |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Davin Coburn |
Baseball Physics: Anatomy of a Home Run In less time than it takes to blink an eye, pro hitters routinely achieve the extraordinary. Here's how home runs happen. |
Science News
July 6, 2002 |
TimeLine: July 2, 1932 Our friend the bat... 600 miles per hour is limit of speed for present planes... Old age may be postponed by calcium and phosphorus... |
Inc.
June 1, 2003
David Murdoch |
Softball Perfects Its Pitch The softball industry is recording fine stats these days, driven largely by company-sponsored teams. |
