The bats have a striking design in which wood is moved lower down the barrel and the end is shaped a little like a bowling ...

THE TORNADO BAT IS MAKING HEADLINES AFTER THE YANKEES TIED AN MLB RECORD WITH 15 HOMERS THROUGH THE FIRST THREE GAMES. BECAUSE IF YOU HIT OUTSIDE THE SWEET SPOT ON THE WOOD BAT, YOU’RE ONLY ...

The Major League Baseball season is just underway and, while some athletes are making their major league debut, so is the usage of the ‘Torpedo’ bat.

Torpedo bats, however, could come into play in the spring and summer when fields such as the Midland Baseball Complex in Batavia host youth and high school league teams that use wood bats.

"The swings were hitting the thickness of the torpedo as opposed to the end of the bat." More than just All-Stars want a crack at the torpedo — a striking design in which wood is moved lower ...

“Remember when they had the maple wood bats when Bonds was using them and everyone saw Bonds hitting the ball a third of the way across McCovey Cove,” Krukow said. “Well, everybody wanted ...

And I had James’ bat in my hand, so I think that kind of helped.” Hold up. Abrams hit the homer while using James Wood’s bat? How did that come about? “I used it in spring training a lot ...

In fact, he minimized the impact of those bats. “It’s not like some magical wood or anything else,” Murphy said to reporters, including those from The Athletic, on Sunday. “It’s just ...

Story continues after photo gallery. Unlike a traditional swatter, a torpedo bat has more wood at the barrel, closer toward the label. This creates a larger area at the spot where players make ...

The bat shall be one piece of solid wood. NOTE: No laminated or experimental bats shall be used in a professional game (either championship season or exhibition games) until the manufacturer has ...