RENTON, Wash. -- 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.

Red Sox fans may need to get a better grip on reality this season, and slugger Adrian Gonzalez, who just signed a $154 million, seven-year deal with the team, could be one step ahead of them with the ...

Lizard Skins had a long history of gripping handlebars all across the cycling world. But when the company’s general manager, Brad Barker, put a bit of the company’s DuraSoft Polymer grip tape on his ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Tour de France is a long way from the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training clubhouse. But a Utah-based company has managed to find a home in both places for its products. Lizard ...

You may have noticed a trend of major-league players using brightly colored bat grips in recent seasons. Bats that were once adorned only by pine tar buildup and cleat marks were now wrapped with a ...

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., Aug. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As Major League Baseball enters the stretch run, front offices across the league have spent the last month wheeling and dealing—adding arms, stacking ...