Seventh-grade student Maya Klein wanted to do something big for her bat mitzvah project. Serving as a community-oriented initiative for Jewish teenagers, the project is meant to have a positive ...

A St. Louis Cardinals fan favorite has used a design similar to the New York Yankees' controversial torpedo bat long before the newest invention was discovered. The Yankees have taken baseball by ...

For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is moved ...

In a game often rooted in tradition, a new baseball bat is making waves, shaking up the sport with its unique design and unprecedented results. Dubbed the "torpedo bat," this innovative piece of ...

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ record-setting performance on offense against the Brewers on Saturday featured a new bat design that’s so unusual it looks illegal at first glance. Play-by-play ...

A number of players on other teams have used the bat, which shifts weight from the ... Van Scoyoc said he had not heard about the new design before the Yankees’ coming-out party this weekend.

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Trevor Megill gave a scathing review of the new bat design. "It's the Yankees, so they'll let it slide," he said. Love the Bronx Bombers or hate them, they are one of ...

Fans noticed throughout the game that a handful of Yankees hitters were using a newly designed bat, which featured a thicker barrel — the design has been dubbed the "torpedo" bat. The new design ...

Still, the design remained a work in progress. The Yankees wanted to enlarge the barrel without adding weight to the bat. Initially, the team experimented with a larger conventional barrel and ...

MIAMI, Florida — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is ...