After the Yankees broke the franchise record for home runs in a game, all eyes turned to their new "torpedo bats." Louisville Slugger talks about the process and planning that went into them.

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

Standing in front of his Yankee Stadium locker on Sunday, Anthony Volpe presented two bats for inspection. In his left hand, the Yankees shortstop displayed one he had used last season; in his right,

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.

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In its 141-year history, Louisville Slugger has made more than 4,000 different bat models. And now, a bat that kind of looks like swinging a bowling pin.

The New York Yankees bashed 15 home runs over the weekend in three wins over the Milwaukee Brewers. They tied a franchise record Saturday with nine homers. Several Yankees are using torpedo bats, which are wider in the section of the barrel where contact is most likely to occur.

The hitting coach for the Baltimore Orioles talked like a coach that wasn’t surprised by the New York Yankees’ new bats.