Why some Yankees switched to eye-opening ‘torpedo’ bat shape — and the physicist behind it By . Greg Joyce. ... “I don’t know the science of it, I just play baseball,” said Chisholm, ...

Baseball physicists explain torpedo bats They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, ... The bats' distinctive shape quickly became the talk of the new baseball season.

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, ... Kinst's 1890 patent for a "base ball bat" that's shaped a bit like a banana.

MLB Baseball’s torpedo bat revolution is here — and it is bulbous. A Yankees home run barrage turned the oddly shaped bats into an overnight sensation, and manufacturers are scrambling to keep ...

The Kookaburra ball is being used for four rounds of Championship games in 2025, but bat is dominating ball at the halfway ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — Torpedo-shaped bats have gained attention after the New York Yankees' 15-homer weekend. A torpedo bat is essentially just a different shaped bat, looking more like a ...

Located outside Slugger Field at the corner of East Witherspoon and North Preston Streets, the display features a large bat, baseball-shaped benches, and a unique human-powered photo frame.

Baseball fans everywhere are talking about torpedo bats, the oddly-shaped bats giving hitters newfound strength. We visited one of the top bat manufacturers in the country to learn just how these ...

Compared to how baseball was played in 2016, the drop in curveballs is much more pronounced in the final three innings (9% then to 4.1% now) than in the first three innings (11.7% to 8.7%).

The late 1800s were a time of “great experimentation” in bat design, John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, told me: four-sided bats and flat bats, bats with slits for springs and sliding ...

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 ...