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the torpedo bat represents a change in the design of a piece of equipment that’s been part of the game from the start: the baseball bat itself.
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If someone happened to miss the first three games and only watched these past two games against Arizona, the conclusion would be that it might be difficult for the Yankees to score runs this season.
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Baseball’s torpedo bat revolution is here — and it is bulbous
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Torpedo bats, axe bats, and knobs: A history of baseball bats
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What exactly is a torpedo bat? Who invented it? Is it legal? Everything to know
Reds' superstar Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB player to smash a home run with a torpedo bat, but what is it? And are the bats legal?
The future of torpedo bats: What every MLB player and expert has said about the controversy
The torpedo bat has taken the baseball world by storm. What are the players and experts saying about this new piece of hitting technology?
Why a league-wide torpedo bat takeover might take longer than we think
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Aaron Leanhardt, the MIT-educated physicist turned baseball coach whose redesigned ‘torpedo bat’ is the talk of the game
The result, which looks something like a torpedo or a bowling pin, is a simple yet remarkable feat of engineering, reflecting not only what is possible when science meets sports in new and different ways,
Shohei Ohtani is seemingly only MLB star with the right mentality towards torpedo bats
The New York Yankees took the baseball world by storm when they made it public that they were using a new piece of hitting technology dubbed the torpedo bat. Th
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