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A Pennsylvania company helped make the torpedo bats taking baseball by storm
The baseball season has just begun and already there's a new phenomenon on everyone's lips: torpedo bats. The bats have a tapered end and the designers moved its weight to the sweet spot, ...
What's a torpedo bat? The history of the Yankees' controversial new baseball bats
The reconfiguration gives the bat the shape of a torpedo -- or a bowling pin, which doesn't sound nearly as menacing or ...
Torpedo bats have already been ordered by 1 MLB team after Yankees' HR barrage
You knew this was coming as soon as the New York Yankees hit all those home runs over the weekend: the torpedo bat is ...
Demand for viral ‘torpedo’ baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive
Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game.
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Jazz Chisholm on his foundation, torpedo bats
Jazz Chisholm Jr. joins MLB Central to talk about his foundation event on May 19, what inspired him to create this program, torpedo bats and more ...
‘We need to see you now’: The untold story of how Elly De La Cruz found his torpedo bat
"It's not the noodle. It's the chef," said Scott Boras, whose agency had Louisville Slugger send client Elly De La Cruz his ...
Ottavino Talks Torpedo Bats, Says 'It's Cool to Hate' Yankees and Look for 'Boogeyman'
And yet, fans were none the wiser until play-by-play announcer Michael Kay highlighted the "torpedo" bat during a Bronx ...
‘Phillies Extra’ Q&A: Why Kevin Long likes torpedo bats, their impact, and more
As more hitters experiment with using torpedo bats, we asked Long to weigh in on baseball’s newest craze in the latest ...