You know what feels like it happened during Joe DiMaggio’s time as a Yankee? The Torpedo bat controversy.

What’s the controversy around torpedo bats? The controversy around the bat is mainly because it's new and never really been seen before. And it's having quite a bit of success that we're not ...

Home Run Surge Raises Eyebrows. The controversy gained momentum after the New York Yankees smashed 15 home runs in their first three games of the season, many of them using torpedo bats.

While the bats have been met with their fair share of criticism and controversy, they are completely within MLB rules. 5 Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s torpedo bat up close.

Bat controversy shows MLB popularity, commissioner claims Yankees manager Aaron Boone has already come out in defence of the torpedo bats, saying the team is “just trying to be the best we can ...

We discuss whether the Yankees' torpedo bats are legal as they crush 15 home runs in their first three games. ... We are four days into the 2025 MLB season, and there is already controversy.

MLB players that use torpedo bats At the moment, there are 17 confirmed MLB players who are using the torpedo bats in regular-season games — five of whom are from the New York Yankees.

Leanhardt developed a bat for the Yankees that put more wood in the barrel than at the end of the bat. It’s known as a “torpedo bat.” While the bat stays within Major League Baseball’s ...

MLB Not a Yankees exclusive club: these MLB players have used torpedo bats. The controversy continues in Major League Baseball, but for now there is no impediment to the use of this new bat design.

While the new torpedo bats have taken the MLB by storm this season, New York Mets star Pete Alonso has found himself surrounded by controversy after making an insensitive comment on the issue.

Of course after a historic start to the season, the Yankees new invention would draw a lot of attention and cause controversy. But the torpedo bat has its disadvantages, believe it or not.

The torpedo is the talk of 2025, but bat customizations -- like Babe Ruth's thin handles and Shoeless Joe's "Black Betsy" -- have changed baseball and created controversy for 150 years. NY Daily ...