Opening weekend of the MLB season and all the buzz was about one surprising star: torpedo bats. Who knew they were made right ...

Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game.

The Major League Baseball season is just underway and, while some athletes are making their major league debut, so is the ...

Hillerich & Bradley — the Louisville-based company ... bat. The torpedo shape of the bat brings more mass to the barrel of ...

About one week into the MLB season and all anyone wants to talk about is the 'Torpedo Bat.' Here's a look at what it is and ...

Maine Billets in Anson made the initial bats for the New York Yankees, and a few Maine high school players are already using ...

Other MLB teams have since placed an influx of orders with Hillerich & Bradsby, the Louisville-based company ... a torpedo bat has more wood at the barrel, closer toward the label. This creates a ...

The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution ... with noticeably more wood in the area around the label (where the hitter is most likely to hit the ...

had an engineering background -- he still works for a plastics molding company ... makes the wood fibers harder. Yes, tariffs could lead to increased costs. Torpedo bats are made one bat at ...

The newest innovation in baseball, the bat has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player ...

Hillerich & Bradley — the Louisville-based company ... the bat. A group of young boys in baseball caps and jerseys peered through the sawdust-covered glass, watching the lathe turn wood to ...