The surprise doesn't end there, as an online search reveals that Easton was already marketing bats under the "Torpedo" name in the 1990s, although they were apparently intended for training.

After collecting dozens of big brown bats from a series of filthy Bethesda attics, he began training them to sit patiently on a platform while dinner came to them. Not all bats complied ...

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The brothers played baseball growing up and eventually both played in college, but Jeremiah was still a senior in high school when the family had the idea to develop a training bat. Freddie became ...

Teams mentioned bat speed training, “short box” competitive batting practices, and scouting for bat path — and several teams were already trying to mimic those efforts themselves.

“It seems like it’s making its way around MLB,” said Los Angeles Angels infielder Nicky Lopez, who spent spring training with the Chicago Cubs, where he said they utilized the bats as well.

The Yankees debuted a new style of baseball bat on March 28th, which added more wood to the barrel of the bat to increase the maximize players’ ability to hit the ball hard. Yankees players claimed ...