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‘We need to see you now’: The untold story of how Elly De La Cruz found his torpedo bat
"It's not the noodle. It's the chef," said Scott Boras, whose agency had Louisville Slugger send client Elly De La Cruz his ...
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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 ...
What's a torpedo bat? The history of the Yankees' controversial new baseball bats
The reconfiguration gives the bat the shape of a torpedo -- or a bowling pin, which doesn't sound nearly as menacing or ...
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What exactly is a torpedo bat? Who invented it? Is it legal? Everything to know
Can anything defuse Major League Baseball's hottest hitting weapon? The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made ...
Why a league-wide torpedo bat takeover might take longer than we think
Will there be a significant offensive surge in baseball now that hitters across the league want their hands on the bats?
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What teams are using torpedo bats? Are torpedo bats legal? What to know after Yankees win
Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe were among the many players using so-called "torpedo" bats when they joined the ...
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The talk of baseball: Louisville Slugger shows how the torpedo bat came to be
Hillerich & Bradsby — the Louisville-based company that makes the Louisville Slugger bats — worked with players and engineers for 18 months to design the torpedo bats. While the torpedo bat ...
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 ...
Moneyball for Bats
The madness started, as baseball madness tends to start, with the New York Yankees: At the end of March, during the opening ...