Every team and player in MLB using new 'torpedo' bat
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“The same bat design has been in existence for a century and a half, maybe,” says Alan Nathan, a physicist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to NPR ’s Bill Chappell.
From Smithsonian Magazine
New York faced the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in its fourth game of the season and wasted no time making early noise with solo home runs from Jasson Domínguez in the third inning and Anthony Vol...
From Bleacher Report
I love the Torpedo Bats.
From Wall Street Journal
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They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work?
Before joining the Marlins, Leanhardt worked as a major-league analyst for the Yankees. Per a profile by The Athletic, Leanhardt began work on the "torpedo bat" in 2022 while a member of the Yankees' minor-league hitting department. Now the "torpedo bat" is the biggest story in baseball and one of the biggest stories in sports.