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What exactly is a torpedo bat? Who invented it? Is it legal? Everything to know
Can anything defuse Major League Baseball's hottest hitting weapon? The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made ...
Yankees’ appalling offensive slump is raising questions torpedo bats can’t answer
As the baseball public learned the term "torpedo bat" following the New York Yankees' home run barrage to open the 2025 MLB season, it seemed as if the Bronx Bo ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
Torpedo Bats, Explained
The torpedo bats are safely within MLB rules, which dictate only that bats must be “solid wood, round, shorter than 42 inches ...
Torpedo bats spark record sales, trademark attempts as they head to stores
Big Time Bats, which makes products licensed by the MLB Players Association, is selling “torpedo style” bats commemorating ...
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Before the torpedo bat: History of experiments, revolutions
The torpedo is the talk of 2025, but bat experiments have changed baseball and created controversy for 150 years.
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Conservative WSJ scolds Republicans threatening to 'torpedo' Trump's agenda
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board took far-right House Republicans to the woodshed for threatening to ...