In a game often rooted in tradition, a new baseball bat is making waves, shaking up the sport with its unique design and ...

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 ...

After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?

The torpedo bat is getting a lot of attention and scrutiny these days. That was certainly the case in a physics lab here, among some of the top students at one of the region’s highest-ranked ...

The Yankees just clobbered a MLB record 15 home runs in their first three games thanks in part to a new style of bat ...

Wells said baseball is a sport that is very connected to physics, and he spoke about the impact the torpedo bat will have on the physics of the game. “It’s surprising to me that the baseball ...

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

In the early days of this year’s season, 'torpedo' bats have become all the rage for big-league hitters. And now, they are ...

MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at ...

Major League Baseball's bat regulations are relatively permissive. Currently, the rules allow for a maximum barrel diameter ...

The torpedo bats have the barrel of the bat in a different ... engineering from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and was a physics professor at Michigan from 2007-2014.