The Yankees hit four home runs in the first inning off Brewers starter Nestor Cortes on Saturday, starting with three consecutive homers on three pitches. Their nine home runs broke the franchise record of eight and was one short of the MLB record, 10 homers in a single game accomplished by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987.

Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge started the New York Yankees' home run onslaught and the catalyst for it may have been revealed.

Aaron Judge homered in his first at-bat, Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice and the New York Yankees went deep four more times in a 12-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, a day after becoming the third team in major league history to hit nine homers in a game.

They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work?

New torpedo bats have become all the rage in Major League Baseball and a Minnesota Twins slugger is trying them out.

Baseball is already seeing a new phenomenon this year -- torpedo bats. The tapered bats that focus weight to the sweet spot, potentially enabling bigger hits are made by King of Prussia-based Victus Sports.

The Yankees keep on slugging as the NFL tables a vote on the Eagles’ unstoppable play. Keep it all.

Despite losing their first game of the MLB season, the New York Yankees continued their historic start to the year as they broke multiple records through their prolific home run hitting.

It’s the “torpedo bat.” The torpedo bat became the talk of baseball after the New York Yankees hit 15 home runs — including nine on Saturday — over three games. The bats, true to the name, feature a torpedo-like shape and are custom-made,