It’s just a piece of wood, but because it’s milled with precision, it can cost hundreds of dollars and can result in ...

I’m just playing baseball.” That the Yankees had a historically great game, and that some players were using funny-looking ...

The Pitt News asked Pitt physics chair Andrew Zentner his thoughts on the new bats and the science behind the torpedo-shaped barrels.

Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier to hit the ball. Since that part is the sweet spot, it gives the ball a ...

Many of the Yankees used torpedo bats while posting historic numbers this weekend. Here's how the team started using the ...

The torpedo bats are safely within MLB rules, which dictate only that bats must be “solid wood, round, shorter than 42 inches ...

The torpedo bats used by some New York Yankees players during their offensive onslaught against the Milwaukee Brewers have taken MLB by storm. What are they?

But the development of the uniquely shaped piece of lumber — it looks more like a bowling pin than a traditional bat, with a ...

The story of the 2025 MLB season so far is the torpedo bat designed by Miami Marlins coach and former MIT physicist Aaron ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

The new bats caused excitement when New York Yankees hitters clobbered home runs in their opening series, and that has some ...

Some of the Bronx Bombers are using this altered bat design, courtesy of Aaron Leanhardt, a former University of Michigan physicist. Leanhardt spoke about the hottest new trend in baseball, and one of ...