Baseball bats have been made out of hickory — a dense, heavy wood that helps explain why the bats sluggers used in the earlier days of the game weighed as much as Dustin Pedroia did — and out ...

Torpedo bats, however, could come into play in the spring and summer when fields such as the Midland Baseball Complex in Batavia host youth and high school league teams that use wood bats.

The bat shall be one piece of solid wood." The rule also says "experimental" bats can’t be used "until the manufacturer has secured approval from Major League Baseball of his design and methods ...

Story continues after photo gallery. Unlike a traditional swatter, a torpedo bat has more wood at the barrel, closer toward the label. This creates a larger area at the spot where players make ...

The idea behind the new bat design is actually pretty simple: Move more of the wood toward the sweet spot of the bat, where players try to make contact and where the bat will produce optimal results.

He also tells KIRO7 that when it comes to the conversation about the Torpedo bat, it’s something he has never seen before. “The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press talking about wood ...

The idea behind the new bat design is actually pretty simple: Move more of the wood toward the sweet spot of the bat, where players try to make contact and where the bat will produce optimal results.

Yankees play-by-play announcer Michael Kay talked about the new bats during the broadcast and talked about how the Yankees’ analytics department helped determine the movement of the wood on the ...

He didn’t hit any on the barrel, so they had bats made up where they moved a lot of the wood into the label, so the harder part of the bat is going to actually strike the ball.” Michael Kay ...

The New York Yankees' "torpedo" bats -- their new redesigned lumber that moves more wood into the label area to create more area where hitters make contact -- are all the buzz after their huge 20 ...

Gone is the standard swell of the bat as it’s replaced with more wood in the barrel shifted closer to the hands. It’s all about locating a hitter’s so-called “sweet spot” and moving more ...