Torpedo bats in Seattle baseball
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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.
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If not for the initial offensive barrage from the Yankees, it’s likely the level of interest in the torpedo bats would not be so pronounced.
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King of Prussia-based Victus Sports is at the epicenter of baseball’s new bat craze. Here’s what you need to know about the torpedo and whether it will be here to stay.
After the new design erupted into the public’s attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest.
They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work?
As Strahm alluded to, some recent MLB rule changes may have negatively impacted pitchers. The pitch clock, first introduced for the 2023 season, has been claimed to cause additional wear on pitchers' arms. The league and its players' association debated the issue but have not come to a conclusion either way.
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 20-9 ...
NEW YORK — New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Using a strikingly different model in which ...
The newest innovation in baseball, the bat has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player most frequently makes contact.
Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game