The crack of a ball hitting off a wooden bat and echoing throughout a stadium is central to the ethos and mythology of baseball, the kind of sound that conjures images and memories of picturesque ...

The Altoona Curve fell yet again to the Richmond Flying Squirrels courtesy of a 2-1 loss in front of 4,028 fans at PNG Field Sunday afternoon. The loss put the finishing touches on a lackluster first ...

Born and raised in Altoona, 5-year-old Isaac Johnson had never been to the People’s Natural Gas Field. On Sunday, he and his ...

Marucci Sports launched two decades ago with a secondhand lathe in a backyard shed, where one of its founders churned out perfectly balanced wooden baseball bats by hand. It's about as old school ...

Baseball season is well underway, and with a plethora of articles, statistics and metrics available, it can be challenging to know who to start, sit, fade and trade. Using Derek Carty’s THE BAT ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Bruce, the bat dog, retrieves a bat as he is ...