Great at-bats start long before the game. Here are 14 steps every hitter should take before they step in the batter's box.

By 110 milliseconds, the bat, moving at up to 80 mph, carries too much inertia to be stopped. A 90-mph fastball can reach home plate in 400 milliseconds -- or four-tenths of a second.

Dustin Pedroia turned the tide of last night’s victory over the Angels with two outs, two on, and the Red Sox trailing 2-1 in the fifth. He worked ace Jered Weaver for 13 desperate pitches ...

The eight-inch mechanical wing imitates bat anatomy with eight plastic bones matching proportions of the real bat. Three motors pull on tendonlike cables, which in turn tug on its seven joints.

The cameras were also positioned to focus on different parts of the bats' anatomy to allow for tracking body parts individually.

Bat rehabilitator Cindy Meyers shared her knowledge with families Sept. 8, discussing bat anatomy, the niche bats fill in the environment and how local bat populations can be protected.

Myers’ reaction elicited some ‘Oohs’ and ‘Aahs’ from the Oracle Park crowd while his helmet-spiking outburst earned him a one-word reprimand from NBC Sports Bay Area’s Mike Krukow. “Bush,” the ...

Researchers have developed a robotic bat wing that is providing valuable new information about dynamics of flapping flight in real bats. From an engineering perspective, the researchers hope the ...

Bat echolocation: 3-D imaging differentiates how various bats generate biosonar signals Date: January 25, 2010 Source: University of Western Ontario Summary: Researchers, using micro-computed ...

The team used state-of-the-art micro-computed tomography systems at the Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario to collect detailed 3D scans of the internal anatomy of 26 different bats ...