Even so, more than 150 years since the advent of major league baseball, the source of wood for bats is not a settled, consensus part of the game. Birch is used in some bat models, and bamboo is ...

The "torpedo" bat ... baseball is the torpedo bats also help increase bat speed, but the data is still inconclusive on that front. Making these bats not as simple as just shifting more of the wood ...

Step into the world of maple wood baseball bat creation, where skilled artisans transform raw wood into a finely crafted masterpiece. The journey begins with selecting the finest maple wood ...

The Bronx Bombers now have torpedoes in their arsenal. The wood of the bat is shifted from the barrel towards the batter's hands to create a custom sweet spot where contact is most frequently made.

DENVER (KDVR) — If you’re a baseball fan, you likely have spent ... The sweet spot is essentially where the most wood is on the bat. The more wood, the more of a chance to make harder contact ...

Torpedo bats are the explosive new trend in baseball after the New York Yankees ... Unlike a traditional swatter, a torpedo bat has more wood at the barrel, closer toward the label.