Last year, consumers spent $190.3 million on baseball and softball bats alone – an increase of 9.7% from 2014, according to data from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association. The 'Axe Bat' ...

Mookie Betts just became the first MLB player to sign a contract with Axe Bat. The 23-year-old Boston Red Sox outfielder will become the face of the quickly growing axe-handled baseball bat. The ...

Baden developed the Axe Bat after a New York woodworker named Bruce Leinert came to them with the idea after noticing how much more comfortable his hands while swinging an axe -- with its oval ...

A 2014 study claims the axe handle bat will result in a decrease of wrist injuries and increased performance.

Many baseball players are probably familiar with what the hamate bone is. Many of them have either injured it or have even broken it due to pressure from traditional round-knob bats. And in ...

Axe Bat, a company that set up shop deep in a warehouse in Renton, Washington, has developed a bat that fundamentally changes the shape of the bat's handle.

Axe Bat has reached a licensing agreement with Tucci Lumber Bat Company, bringing the unique bat handle design to a third MLB-approved wood bat licensee.

The Axe Bat is more than a Frankenstein-style meshing of an axe handle and a baseball bat barrel. The key lies in the batâ s final few inches near the handle. That's where the design gracefully ...

Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip — adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.