they sent it to Victus to begin manufacturing Volpe's personalized torpedo bat. How does it work? Victus moved the wood from the part of the bat that Volpe doesn't use to the area where he most ...

All of that tinkering has long been left behind, however, and the modern, non-torpedo bat now seems like a simple fact of the game. Perhaps the biggest change to bat manufacturing in recent ...

and in his hands was a torpedo bat designed for Chicago Cubs infielder Nico Hoerner. Hillerich, the vice president of Hillerich & Bradley's manufacturing and product development, is a fifth ...

“All I can say,” said Bobby Hillerich, a vice president of manufacturing and operations ... Milwaukee Brewers in New York on Friday. “Torpedo bats” officially entered the sports lexicon ...

The torpedo bats have been the talk of baseball ... One veteran Philadelphia Phillies hitter said a bat manufacturing company named B45 — chaired by former Dodgers closer Eric Gagne — brought ...

If you’re a baseball fan, then you know it’s impossible to watch a game these days without hearing about torpedo bats, the new bat design giving hitters unforeseen power. But what is it about ...

And while torpedo bats might just now be making their first public splash, Gagne’s company has been manufacturing them since Leanhardt first approached Young last spring. “It looks a little ...

The torpedo bat is taking off in Major League Baseball in a big way after the Yankees started using them. Is the new design simply a fleeting fad, or are torpedo bats the future of baseball?

Louisville Slugger handcrafted De La Cruz's first-ever torpedo bat, which he used for the first time March 31 against the Texas Rangers. The Reds' shortstop went 4-for-5 with two home runs that day.

But in addition to the New York Yankees hitting a franchise-record nine home runs in Saturday’s historic offensive performance, there was considerable attention on the “torpedo” bats some ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Louisville Slugger handcrafted De La Cruz's first-ever torpedo bat, which he used for the first time March 31 against the Texas Rangers.