Carleton Place baseball bat manufacturer Sam Bat hopes torpedo bats are a home run for the bottom line, as the threat of U.S.

For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa with a stop sign sprouting up from the tree-lawn shrubs.

If you are looking to experience the bat yourself, you can do so by heading to Marucci, Victus or Sam Bats, just to name a few.