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Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may ...
When each new batter arrives at the crease, he must insert his bat into a "rectangular implement" with a cut-out shaped like a house. The checks, introduced on 13 April, are designed to ensure ...
That’s all normal stuff for "Big Dumper," as he’s been so affectionately nicknamed, but what’s new is his choice of bat. Raleigh is a recent convert to torpedo bats, which he picked up just ...
Torpedo bats have been a hit among Major League Baseball players. The MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel have become the talk of the town after the New York ...
The extraordinary torpedo bats that have taken MLB by storm may be headed toward being completely ordinary. “I think you’re going to see it across all 30 teams,”former MLB pitcher and co ...
Marte, who has used Tater bats since 2018, was one of many MLB players who inquired about the bat -- now known as a torpedo bat-- as the craze took baseball by storm. He wanted to place an order ...
The scouts of Brownie Troop 80124 recently donated three bat boxes to the parks department. Each bat house has space for 70 bats, and they were hung on telephone poles in Waterworth Memorial Park near ...
In the first five games, Volpe launched four home runs using the much-discussed "torpedo bat," a design innovation that enhances contact by shifting the barrel closer to the handle. This early ...
For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is moved ...
Torpedo bats are all the rage in Major League Baseball these days, but one bat expert set the record straight on an idea that has been floating around since their introduction. Keenan Long of ...
Houston manager Joe Espada said Wednesday the Astros will begin experimenting with "torpedo bats" when the team begins its next homestand on Friday, April 11. Espada didn't confirm Wednesday ...
(WKOW) — Baseball is a game of adjustments, but there's one adjustment in the MLB that's changing the game. There's a new bat causing shockwaves in baseball and it's called the torpedo bat. But what ...