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“The same bat design has been in existence for a century and a half, maybe,” says Alan Nathan, a physicist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to NPR ’s Bill Chappell.
From Smithsonian Magazine
Costantini had a similar process and thought the hype surrounding the torpedo since it exploded into the baseball consciousness over the weekend was a “hoax.”
From U.S. News & World Report
A bat with a wider barrel sometimes referred to as a torpedo bat sits next to a normal bat during the first inning of MLB baseball game against the Washington Nationals, in Toronto, Monday, March 31, ...
From Houston Chronicle
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After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?
Roy Hobbs, the fabled swinger of his beloved “Wonderboy,” might disagree. But there really is no such thing as a “magic bat.” When MLB hitters select their sticks, they must make certain compromises.
Reds' superstar Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB player to smash a home run with a torpedo bat, but what is it? And are the bats legal?
Torpedo bats have recently become popular thanks to the Yankees, but Victus Sports in Pennsylvania said they've been working on them for a while.
Torpedo bats are a cutting-edge innovation that reshapes the traditional baseball bat into a more customized and performance-driven tool.
MLB’s bat regulations are fairly lax. The “torpedo” bats are legal so long as they follow league Rule 3.02, which states: “The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood.”
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The Mirror US on MSNTorpedo bat creator comes clean on its effect on hitters after Yankees successThe torpedo model - a striking design in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin - became the talk of major league baseball over the weekend.