The torpedo bats used by MLB players stirred conversation, especially after the Yankees thrashed the Brewers with multiple Yankees hitters using the new bats. What are they?

Baseball physicists explain torpedo bats They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling ... Babe Ruth famously used bats weighing more than 40 ounces — but the current norm is around 31 ...

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The new, odd-looking bat that has taken the baseball world by storm isn’t likely to lead to the kind of offensive production the Yankees featured in their season-opening three-game sweep of ...

Baseball bats have been made out of hickory — a dense, heavy wood that helps explain why the bats sluggers used in the earlier days of the game weighed as much as Dustin Pedroia did — and out ...

But the bats abide by Major League Baseball's collectively bargained bat specifications for shape (round and smooth), barrel size (no larger than 2.61 inches in diameter) and length (a maximum of ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins joined the ongoing discussion this week about the use of torpedo bats that has taken the big leagues by storm after the New York Yankees' strong outing over ...

The rule also states that baseball bats must be one solid piece of wood that is shorter than 42 inches and cannot have a diameter greater than 2.61 inches.

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