Torpedo baseball bats hit it big when the Yankees set a new team record with nine home runs in one game earlier this season. We visit a factory in Louisiana to see what makes them so special.

Step into the world of bat making, where incredible skill and craftsmanship come together to create high-quality bats. Watch as raw materials are shaped, smoothed, and perfected with precision ...

Torpedo bats are making a lot of noise — but they’ve been quietly in MLB for a few years. By Brendan Kuty. March 31, 2025 Updated April 8, 2025.

1. Is the torpedo bats craze good for the game? Mintz: Absolutely.It remains to be seen how much of a needle-mover the new equipment actually is, but I’m here for any type of technological ...

MLB Baseball’s torpedo bat revolution is here — and it is bulbous. A Yankees home run barrage turned the oddly shaped bats into an overnight sensation, and manufacturers are scrambling to keep ...

The bats made by Trinity and the other manufacturers that are approved by Major League Baseball have to follow a set of regulations. The basics are that the barrel can't be thicker than 2.61 ...

Bats are a big help to plants because they devour leaf-munching insects, according to researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The scientists conducted their ...

These contributions that bats make to the U.S. economy aren’t known to many, other than those in communities of scientists, environmentalists, and bat enthusiasts. There is no known cure for ...

In its 141-year history, Louisville Slugger has made more than 4,000 different bat models. Bats with double knobs. Bats with counterbalance. A bat with a curved handle for Johnny Bench to catch up ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the biggest story of the first week of the 2025 MLB season is “torpedo bats,” the oddly shaped lumber that burst onto the scene thanks ...