The crack of a ball hitting off a wooden bat and echoing throughout a stadium is central to the ethos and mythology of baseball, the kind of sound that conjures images and memories of picturesque ...

Longtime baseball researchers are testing how torpedo bats compare with traditional bats amid renewed interest in the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – “Torpedo bats” have recently been all the rage in Major League Baseball. The New York Yankees debuted these bats this season on their way to tying an MLB record with 15 ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. “They’re absolutely good for baseball,” Manfred said ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — After nearly 150 years of professional baseball, the traditional wood baseball bat is getting a makeover, and the early returns have been eye-popping. A handful of New York Yankees ...

If you were making a bowling pin on a lathe and suddenly decided to make a baseball bat instead, the result would look something like the "torpedo bat" that is the talk of MLB's new season. After some ...

Torpedo bats are changing Major League Baseball, but with his head in the sand, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants us to know: "Nothing to see here!" Torpedo bats change the distribution of the bat's ...