When several of them were seen using an odd-looking new weapon, the baseball world seemed to go bat-crazy trying to learn more about what we now know as the "torpedo bat." The idea behind the new ...

Following an offensive explosion — in which the team hit 15 home runs and scored 36 runs in just three games — questions emerged about the unusual bats used by some of the team's hitters.

When several of them were seen using an odd-looking new weapon, the baseball world seemed to go bat-crazy trying to learn more about what we now know as the "torpedo bat." The idea behind the new ...

He built his impressive résumé by swinging a typical bat, with the barrel near the end, same as they’ve appeared for more than a century. Advertisement But even a hitter of his stature ...

When a colony of bats leaves their cave and takes to the skies at night to hunt, they often do so in such big groups that they almost look like one giant blob. How these winged mammals can achieve ...

The New York Yankees' torpedo bats are the talk of Major League Baseball after the team hit a franchise-record nine home runs in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Paul Goldschmidt, Cody ...

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees’ bats were certainly alive during Saturday’s 20-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. And some of them looked a bit different than usual — though the league ...

And the easiest way to do so, Leanhardt surmised, was to increase the size of the barrel on their bat. Elongating the barrel -- the fat part of the bat that generates the hardest and most contact ...

But don't expect Jazz Chisholm Jr. to do away with the controversial torpedo bats anytime soon. The Yankees infielder had himself a huge opening series against the Brewers. He hit three home runs ...

NEW YORK – Right off the bat, the Yankees’ “torpedo’’ bats are legal. “They made sure before they even brought it to us, with MLB, that it was all within regulation,’’ said Cody ...