RENTON, Wash. (AP) - 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.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Grip substances on baseball bats and poor sportsmanship game forfeit rules will be revised in the next high school baseball season. In a first for MLB, pitch-clock violation ...