The court heard Ford told police he smashed his wife in the face with a rounders bat belonging to his youngest ... Mr Pascoe said: "It is quite plain but for his arrest this defendant would ...

The New York Yankees quietly brought a physics experiment to the plate. Then came the home-run barrage.

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.

They wanted to make more contact with pitches and they wanted to strike the ball more often with the bat’s “sweet spot,” or the densest area. “They’re going to point to a location on the ...

You’ve been hearing all about torpedo bats of late, and with good reason. New equipment isn’t introduced to Major League Baseball often, but the torpedo bat represents a change in the design ...

Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe were among the many players using so-called "torpedo" bats when they joined the home-run party and helped propel the Yanks to their historic home run barrage.

Can anything defuse Major League Baseball's hottest hitting weapon? The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel − have become the ...

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 ...

And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats. The Bronx Bombers tied an MLB record as they hit 15 home runs in their opening three-game series – including a franchise-record nine in their 20 ...

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 ...

The Bronx Bombers now have torpedoes in their arsenal. The wood of the bat is shifted from the barrel towards the batter's hands to create a custom sweet spot where contact is most frequently made.