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Untold story of how Reds star Elly De La Cruz found his new torpedo bat
"It's not the noodle. It's the chef," said Scott Boras, whose agency had Louisville Slugger send client Elly De La Cruz his ...
Torpedo bats are making a lot of noise — but they’ve been quietly in MLB for a few years
Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the latest convert, hitting two home runs and knocking in seven runs in his first game with the ...
Long before torpedo bats, the maple bat craze took over baseball
In the late 1990s, an Ottawa man changed bat technology with the creation of maple bats. Soon, almost every major leaguer ...
Which MLB players are using the new 'torpedo' bats? Yankees lead the way, but other stars have embraced unique bat shape
MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...
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Strong pitching carries Lions to doubleheader sweep of UIW
The Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team received strong pitching performances in both ends of a doubleheader ...
Will torpedo bats remain? Or will they go the way of belly putters, spaghetti rackets and Jeff Gordon's T-Rex?
But all the attention is on torpedo bats, the differently shaped bat that has helped power the Yankees' historic offensive start. On the torpedo bats, the barrel is closer to the label and therefore ...