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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dads are invited to step up to the plate this Father’s Day to celebrate at the Louisville Slugger Museum. On Sunday only, fathers visiting the downtown factory/museum will ...
Torpedo baseball bats hit it big when the Yankees set a new team record with nine home runs in one game earlier this season. We visit a factory in Louisiana to see what makes them so special.
Norfolk Tides outfielder Jud Fabian, center, has been using a new torpedo bat this season. He's hitting only .196, but has a team-leading eight homers, which ranks fifth in the International League.
Louisville Slugger handcrafted De La Cruz's first-ever torpedo bat, which he used for the first time March 31 against the Texas Rangers. The Reds' shortstop went 4-for-5 with two home runs that day.
SAN DIEGO — Tyler Fitzgerald brought two torpedo bats with him to San Diego. They both died noble deaths. In the fifth inning of Tuesday’s 7-4 loss to the San Diego Padres, Patrick Bailey and ...
The San Francisco Giants’ first experience with the new torpedo bats did not go according to plan in Tuesday’s game against the San Diego Padres.
Wooden bats are most known for breaking, while only two torpedo's broke during the 2025 tournament, Kerns said the thickness by the handle should make it "more likely not to break." ...
However, that surge was short-lived. Since his last home run on April 2, Volpe has struggled at the plate, going 6-for-43 (.140) with 18 strikeouts over a 12-game span, causing his OPS to drop ...
Once the player chooses the right bat – maybe even a torpedo bat – construction begins. Marucci owns their own wood mill in Pennsylvania, so first, they ship and dry the wood – usually maple.
In the new age of baseball, though, Colon doesn’t think that a torpedo bat has enough juice for him to add another home run to his stats. Other teams around the league, though, are adapting well ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The ‘torpedo’ baseball back stole the show during the opening weekend of the 2025 MLB season after the Bronx Bombers lived up to their name while using the unorthodox ...