The logic behind the torpedo bats seems deceptively simple: Their bulbous shape comes from analyzing how hitters tend to make ...

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

The Yankees 20-9 win against the Brewers last weekend put the spotlight on torpedo bats. But in baseball, as in life, ...

But because of the shape, the bat feels easier to swing, and the ball is more likely to make contact with the bat’s thickest section, leading to a more solid hit. A traditional baseball bat has ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage in Major League Baseball ... in the quality of contact made on a given connection with the ball. Long's full quote about what he deemed a "fallacy" is below: I ...

Though it seems like common sense that adding heft to the part of the bat where a player hits the ball would be advantageous, several physicists who study baseball bats told me that’s not ...

John Dingle is the owner of Dingbat Bats in Verona. He makes custom bats for baseball players across the country and says ...

In an interview with The New York Times, Manfred also forecasted fans getting more access to game broadcasts after the 2028 ...

But after dozens of swings in the cage, where he said the balance was better, the ball sounded more crisp off the bat, the left-handed hitter ordered on the spot four custom-crafted torpedo bats ...