Paul LaMantia and Ryan LaPensee have learned a valuable lesson from early in the 2025 Major League Baseball season.

It’s just a piece of wood, but because it’s milled with precision, it can cost hundreds of dollars and can result in ...

The Pitt News asked Pitt physics chair Andrew Zentner his thoughts on the new bats and the science behind the torpedo-shaped ...

I’m just playing baseball.” That the Yankees had a historically great game, and that some players were using funny-looking ...

Many of the Yankees used torpedo bats while posting historic numbers this weekend. Here's how the team started using the ...

The torpedo bats are safely within MLB rules, which dictate only that bats must be “solid wood, round, shorter than 42 inches ...

After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?

Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier to hit the ball. Since that part is the sweet spot, it gives the ball a ...

MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at ...

Several New York Yankees' players used a "torpedo bat" that helped set an MLB record for home runs. What is a torpedo bat? Is ...

The torpedo bats have the barrel of the bat in a different ... engineering from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and was a physics professor at Michigan from 2007-2014.