Whether the bat has really given hitters an advantage, or it’s just the placebo effect, the result has been a “home-run barrage”, writes sports reporter Louisa Thomas. The New Yorker | 8 min ...

At Jeremy LeBlanc’s 50-and-up amateur baseball league game in North Carolina last weekend, one topic dominated the dugout conversation: the “torpedo bats” that had suddenly taken over the sport.

DENVER (KDVR) — If you’re a baseball fan, you likely have spent the last week hearing a lot about the “torpedo bat” the New York Yankees recently debuted to much success. So what is it ...

A torpedo bat resembles something of an elongated bowling pin. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The talk of baseball: Louisville Slugger shows how the torpedo bat came to ...

Major league baseball could be about to change after the New York Yankees have introduced a redesign of the classic bat. Nicknamed the "torpedo bat", it's shown a noticeable improvement in the ...