Promotional schedules for Louisville's professional teams are out and some of the events planned are a bit outside-of-the-box.

Reds prospects outfielder Will Benson (30) hits a homer in the third inning of the final spring training game between the Cincinnati Reds and Reds prospects, Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at Day Air Ballpark in Dayton. / Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Torpedo bats are the explosive new trend in baseball after the New York Yankees set a franchise record Saturday, hitting nine home runs — the first four of which were back to back to back to back — for a 20-9 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

With thousands of office workers absent from downtown Louisville since the pandemic, businesses have come to rely on five key pillars to attract crowds: conventions, concerts, the University of Louisville Cardinals,

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Louisville Slugger has been synonymous with Major League Baseball for more than 100 years, but now Marucci Sports, a company founded in 2002, has replaced it as MLB’s official bat.

So, what is a torpedo bat? A typical wooden baseball bat only gets wider from the handle to the barrel, while a torpedo bat gets wider toward the center of the barrel then tapers. The end shape resembles that of a bowling pin or torpedo.

Yankees' hitters Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells used the models made by Louisville Slugger and hit home runs.

"This weekend really, really gave notice to it, but now the analytics people are going, 'Hey, we got to win,'" Bob Hillerich, a 5th generation bat maker, said.