In a game often rooted in tradition, a new baseball bat is making waves, shaking up the sport with its unique design and ...

Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier to hit the ball. Since that part is the sweet spot, it gives the ball a ...

It’s just a piece of wood, but because it’s milled with precision, it can cost hundreds of dollars and can result in multimillion-dollar contracts for people who use it. The torpedo bat is getting a ...

After the Yankees' home run barrage with bats that look like bowling pins, the innovation is sweeping baseball.

After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?

The Pitt News asked Pitt physics chair Andrew Zentner his thoughts on the new bats and the science behind the torpedo-shaped ...

The Yankees just clobbered a MLB record 15 home runs in their first three games thanks in part to a new style of bat ...

In the early days of this year’s season, 'torpedo' bats have become all the rage for big-league hitters. And now, they are ...

MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at ...

Major League Baseball's bat regulations are relatively permissive. Currently, the rules allow for a maximum barrel diameter ...

The torpedo bats have the barrel of the bat in a different ... engineering from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and was a physics professor at Michigan from 2007-2014.

A torpedo bat model is pictured between two other models so patrons can observe the difference while touring the automated ...