The Yankees' historic home run surge to start the season lifted torpedo bats in the spotlight, but other teams are also using ...

In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...

The circular saw shelf, cordless drill holder, wire basket, bins and other doodads can help organize hard-to-hang tools.

Movie buffs discover forgotten classics and recent releases for less than a rental fee. Music collectors fill gaps in their collections or discover new artists through random selections that cost less ...

A teenager gasped as she discovered a pristine North Face jacket at a fraction of its retail price, clutching it to her chest as though she’d found buried treasure. In many ways, she had. The ...

Johnson said the uptick in homers has led some SEC coaches to believe the college game should transition to using wooden bats ...

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not ...

Perhaps the team's newly-designed wooden bats had something to do with it? Yankees play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay detailed during the game how New York redesigned its wooden bats thanks to a ...

A typical wooden baseball bat only gets wider from the handle to the barrel, while a torpedo bat gets wider toward the center of the barrel then tapers. The end shape resembles that of a bowling ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

Bat makers are bracing for the newest obsession to become a fixture in baseball. “The torpedoes are here to stay,” ...