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Torpedo Bats: Major League Baseball's Gamechanger or the Latest Fad?

While baseball can sometimes be on the sporting back burner, torpedo bats have captured everyone's attention. What's going on.

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'Torpedo Bats' Are Taking Over Baseball

Baseball isn't exactly known as eager to embrace change, but Major League Baseball is also a copycat league. So when the New York Yankees shot out of the gate this season by setting a new single-game team record with nine home runs in a 20-9 drubbing of the Milwaukee Brewers,

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Baseball reacts to the new 'Torpedo' bats

The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands.

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Demand for the viral ‘torpedo’ bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the torpedo bat has become baseball’s latest

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At Victus’ bat factory, surging interest in torpedo bats has workers scrambling to meet demand

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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If the torpedo bats mean more fun in baseball, John Rooke says let's not ban them

But let’s also not rule out — if the hitters can use “accessories” (talc, sticky stuff) to assist with their grip in at-bats, why can’t pitchers?

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Torpedo bats are making a lot of noise — but they’ve been quietly in MLB for a few years

Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the latest convert, hitting two home runs and knocking in seven runs in his first game with the unique bat.

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Torpedo bats, axe bats, and knobs: A history of baseball bats

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.

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Baseball execs weigh in on Torpedo bats

Torpedo bats are all the rage around Major League Baseball this week, but are they here to stay? The Yankees’ power display over the weekend \-\- New York hit 15 home runs in a three-game home sweep o

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Pirates players weigh in on torpedo bats amid series with Yankees

The Yankees were at PNC Park for the Pirates home opener on Friday, and they brought their torpedo bats with them.

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Demand for ‘torpedo’ baseball bats sending factory into overdrive

A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s latest fad and see for himself if there really was some

Are torpedo bats ruining baseball? These 13 memes think so

The Yankees all having torpedo bats is giving that time Malfoy’s dad bought the whole Slytherin quidditch team Nimbus 2001s.'

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Torpedo bats could revolutionize baseball and players are taking notice

While other types of modified bats, such as corked bats, are strictly forbidden in the major leagues, MLB has already confirmed that torpedo bats are legal and allowed; the league itself has even released news articles highlighting them. This could pave the way for a new era of baseball, one in which home-run hitters take precedence.

Demand for ‘torpedo’ baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive

The newest innovation in baseball, the bat has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player most frequently makes contact.

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Holyoke company discusses how ‘Torpedo’ baseball bats are made

The Major League Baseball season is just underway and, while some athletes are making their major league debut, so is the usage of the ‘Torpedo’ bat.