MLB
July 17, 2017
Seattle's big night
At the MLB All-Star Game, a UW-trained engineer crafted the bats and a Mariner took home the MVP.
December 19, 2016
That bat
Axe Bats, a division of Renton-based Baden Sports, had a home run of a 2016 baseball season. Twenty-eight major leaguers used its brand-new “Axe Bat”—so named because its handle is shaped like what you’d find on an ax—at some point during the 2016 season.