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Some Major League Baseball players are changing up the type of bat they use in favor of ones that feature the thickest part ...
The Pitt News asked Pitt physics chair Andrew Zentner his thoughts on the new bats and the science behind the torpedo-shaped ...
Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.
The New York Yankees are already the talk of the 2025 MLB season. Following an offensive explosion — in which the team hit 15 home runs and scored 36 runs in just three games — questions ...
The Mariners' Cal Raleigh homered in three straight games with the new torpedo bat. Purists balk, but all legal avenues for adding offense should be explored.
"To make it into a wood bat and maximize the ideal hitting area, they had to come up with this torpedo shape and reduce the ...
Here’s the surprising part of the torpedo bat: For all its early hype, the bat is no rookie in the game. The lethal lumber has been used by some sluggers in baseball for at least a year or two ...
Today’s guest columnists are professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. Torpedo bats are having their moment. With their dramatically tapered barrels and enlarged sweet spots, these odd-looking clubs ...
The torpedo bat has been taking MLB by storm to open the 2025 season. Let's hear from the inventor and break down the new phenomenon.
The biggest storyline of the young 2025 MLB season has been the use of torpedo bats. It's not an inflated Wiffle ball bat or a skewed image, rather it's a bat where the barrel is located closer to ...
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