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Here's how you can buy a torpedo bat, newest bat in MLB

Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.

The Atlantic on MSN · 4d

The Great Torpedo-Bat Panic

I’m just playing baseball.” That the Yankees had a historically great game, and that some players were using funny-looking bats, “is more coincidence than destiny or science,” Smith told me. After all,

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Here's how you can buy a torpedo bat, the newest bat in MLB

A new product on the market is helping Major League Baseball hitters, and it's completely legal. Several teams like the New York Yankees have used torpedo bats. The Yankees brought the bats into the spotlight when they clobbered the Milwaukee Brewers with a franchise-record nine-homer game on March 29.

Sam Holman revolutionized bats with a new kind of wood: Maple

For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in ...

Torpedo bat mania hits MLB: A behind-the-scenes look at the new trend sweeping the big leagues

Some Major League Baseball players are changing up the type of bat they use in favor of ones that feature the thickest part ...

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Startup Spotlight: Backyard Bats

Backyard Bats, a custom wood baseball bat manufacturer, was founded in 2004 across the Detroit River in Windsor by John and Paul LaMantia, but moved to Washington Township with Paul and Ryan LaPensee ...

USA Today13d

What exactly is a torpedo bat? Who invented it? Is it legal? Everything to know

The bats are designed to be skinnier at the top end, with noticeably more wood in the area around the label (where the ...

Cincinnati Enquirer on MSN13d

Want to buy a torpedo bat? Here's how you can hit dingers, too

The bats are designed to be skinnier at the top end, with noticeably more wood in the area around the label (where the ...

The Indianapolis Star12d

These Yankees' bats are a MLB baseball hit. Who makes the new torpedo bat? Can you buy one?

Here's what we know. Story continues after photo gallery. Unlike a traditional swatter, a torpedo bat has more wood at the barrel, closer toward the label. This creates a larger area at the spot ...

NBC News on MSN10d

Demand for torpedo bats is booming for batmakers

Those conversations helped create a shape — resembling a bowling pin, with a thicker middle and a tapered barrel — that the ...

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