Philadelpiha Phillies reliever Matt Strahm gave a surprinsgly positive review of the new torpedo bat trend sweeping across Major League Baseball, cites equality for batters and pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Matt Strahm is all for allowing hitters to use whatever bat they want - as long as pitchers are also treated fairly.

The introduction of the "torpedo bat" has dominated the discussion of MLB's opening week, and it's not hard to see why. After a century and a half of baseball's existence, a New York Yankees in-house physicist had the idea to thicken the barrel of the bat where it most often hits the ball and the result has been,