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What's a torpedo bat? The history of the Yankees' controversial new baseball bats
Because the Yankees hit bombs with them. Nine of their MLB record-tying 15 home runs hit in their first three games were ...
Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton sidesteps whether torpedo bats caused injury
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton sidestepped the topic of whether so-called torpedo bats caused the ...
Torpedo bats have already been ordered by 1 MLB team after Yankees' HR barrage
You knew this was coming as soon as the New York Yankees hit all those home runs over the weekend: the torpedo bat is ...
Ottavino Talks Torpedo Bats, Says 'It's Cool to Hate' Yankees and Look for 'Boogeyman'
And yet, fans were none the wiser until play-by-play announcer Michael Kay highlighted the "torpedo" bat during a Bronx ...
Yankees’ New Bats Backfiring as Offense is Suddenly Imploding
On Tuesday, they were shut out for the first time this year, falling 5–0 to the Tigers at Comerica Park. Detroit left-hander ...
Yankees torpedo bats masked fatal flaw now coming back to bite Brain Cashman
With all of the chatter and controversy that was caused by the New York Yankees use of the torpedo bats, you would think that they were undefeated and winning c ...
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred weighs in on torpedo bats: 'They’re absolutely good for baseball'
One individual voice who had not weighed in on the situation, however, was MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. He remedied that ...
‘Phillies Extra’ Q&A: Why Kevin Long likes torpedo bats, their impact, and more
As more hitters experiment with using torpedo bats, we asked Long to weigh in on baseball’s newest craze in the latest ...