On Bats and Batting

Guests: Gideon Haigh, Mark Ramprakash and B3 bat-maker Michael Blatherwick The symbiotic relationship between batter and bat is perhaps not surprising – in a team game, the batter stands alone, and the bat is all they have to hold on to. We’ll investigate how its simple shape, unchanged for a hundred years, has become objectified, turned into epic pieces of wood that are designed, built and marketed to make you feel