HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A hot start for the New York Yankees is drawing attention from all over the country. That attention isn’t toward the players; instead, the new lumber they’re swinging. It’s ...

Baseball bat manufacturers had little evidence to suggest a spike in sales was just around the corner when Major League Baseball’s newest season opened last week. It had been four years since ...

In his playing days, Eric Gagne’s objective was simple. “My job was to break bats,” the former Dodgers closer joked with a laugh. Which makes his current occupation, as chief executive of Quebec-based ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the biggest story of the first week of the 2025 MLB season is “torpedo bats,” the oddly shaped lumber that burst onto the scene thanks to the ...

The torpedo bats have the barrel of the bat in a different location. Instead of being at the end of the bat, the barrel is closer to the handle, which gives the bat a bowling pin shape. Some players ...

The “torpedo bat” may be more than a quirky new piece of gear. It might be the gateway to a new era in baseball — one where hitters wield highly personalized equipment tailored to their swing paths ...