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The Bronx Bombers belted a record-tying 15 home runs in their first three games -- and in the process created an entirely unexpected storyline for the new season.
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Topps released a NOW card featuring Jazz Chisholm Jr. holding a torpedo bat, the new physicist-designed lumber taking over the MLB debate scene to start 2025.
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The Yankees' viral 'torpedo' bats were designed by a MIT physicist: 'At the end of the day it's about the batter, not the bat,' he says
But the development of the uniquely shaped piece of lumber — it looks more like a bowling pin than a traditional bat, with a thicker middle and tapered end — wasn't the result of a life spent around the game.
Yankees' torpedo bats: Everything to know about the controversial new bats
With 15 home runs in their first three games, the New York Yankees are flexing their muscles. Could part of their success be due to a new bat design?
Yankees great CC Sabathia shares thoughts on viral torpedo bats: 'I think it’s great'
New York Yankees legend CC Sabathia explained why he believes using the viral torpedo bats is "great" for the game rather than impeding pitchers.
Relive some big home runs by players with torpedo bats
Check out some of the home runs hit this season by players using torpedo bats.
Torpedo bats, axe bats, and knobs: A history of baseball bats
Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.
Sporticast 437: Torpedo Bat Mania Is About Online Virality, Not Baseball
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the online hysteria surrounding the ‘torpedo bats‘ in MLB.
Above the Mantel: Damn the (Collectible) Torpedo Bats
Torpedo Bats on cards and Jackson Merrill has 8 different autograph variations in the latest edition of Above the Mantel
Cubs Experimenting with new Torpedo Bats
The story of the young MLB season has been the evolution of the Torpedo bats in Major League Baseball. The Cubs have begun experimenting with these bats.
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr., Aaron Judge pushing each other to fast starts this season: 'I'm just trying to keep up'
Aaron Judge has benefitted from Jazz Chisholm Jr. batting behind him so far this season and both Yankees sluggers talked about pushing each other to be better in 2025.
Yankees and their ‘torpedo’ bats break MLB home run record in loss
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.
Which MLB players are using the new 'torpedo' bats? Yankees lead the way, but other stars have embraced unique bat shape
MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting analyst with the Yankees before he joined the Miami Marlins as a field coordinator in the offseason.
Brewers believe Yankees’ torpedo bats were fair: ‘It ain’t the wand; it’s the magician’
After allowing 15 home runs in three games, the Brewers didn't make excuses: "It's not like some magical wood or anything else."
Are torpedo bats to blame for Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton elbow injuries?
Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton mentioned this spring that bat adjustments likely contributed to his severe elbow injuries.
Demand for viral ‘torpedo’ baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive
Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game.
A Maine business helped create the new 'torpedo bats' taking the MLB by storm
Torpedo bats are thinner at the top with more wood closer to the batter’s hands. The Yankees debuted these new bats in their opening weekend and hit 15 home runs.
Fantasy Baseball: Zac Gallen Disarms Yankees' Torpedo Bats
Despite all the talk about New York's torpedo bats, Zac Gallen shut them down Wednesday night with 13 strikeouts in 6.2 innings.
Neil deGrasse Tyson wonders why 'torpedo bats' weren't conceived of sooner (spoiler: they were)
After the Yankees hit nine home runs Saturday, thanks in part to their funky-shaped bats, the astrophysicist and Yankee fan told CNN 'somebody should have invented this decades ago.' A legendary Stanford physicist is way ahead of him.
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