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What's a torpedo bat? The history of the Yankees' controversial new baseball bats
The reconfiguration gives the bat the shape of a torpedo -- or a bowling pin, which doesn't sound nearly as menacing or ...
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A Pennsylvania company helped make the torpedo bats taking baseball by storm
The baseball season has just begun and already there's a new phenomenon on everyone's lips: torpedo bats. The bats have a tapered end and the designers moved its weight to the sweet spot, ...
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The talk of baseball: Louisville Slugger shows how the torpedo bat came to be
The torpedo shape of the bat brings more mass to the barrel of the bat. A group of young boys in baseball caps and jerseys peered through the sawdust-covered glass, watching the lathe turn ...
Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins believes torpedo bats could lead to higher batting averages
Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins talked about torpedo bats and what they can do for hitters during an appearance on ...
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Jazz Chisholm on his foundation, torpedo bats
Jazz Chisholm Jr. joins MLB Central to talk about his foundation event on May 19, what inspired him to create this program, torpedo bats and more ...
‘We need to see you now’: The untold story of how Elly De La Cruz found his torpedo bat
"It's not the noodle. It's the chef," said Scott Boras, whose agency had Louisville Slugger send client Elly De La Cruz his ...
Ottavino Talks Torpedo Bats, Says 'It's Cool to Hate' Yankees and Look for 'Boogeyman'
And yet, fans were none the wiser until play-by-play announcer Michael Kay highlighted the "torpedo" bat during a Bronx ...
Dodgers dominance, demise of the Braves, and torpedo bats among the early, eye-popping developments in MLB
Los Angeles is the first defending World Series champion to win its first eight games of the following season.