Torpedo bats are all the rage around Major League Baseball this week, but are they here to stay? The Yankees’ power display over the weekend \-\- New York hit 15 home runs in a three-game home sweep o

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.

If you’re a baseball fan, you likely have spent the last week hearing a lot about the “torpedo bat” the New York Yankees recently debuted to much success. So what is it exactly?

Alec Bohm had a torpedo bat for the Phillies' home opener at Citizens Bank Park on Monday, and singled with it to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning – though the third baseman did go 1-for-4 with a strikeout in the club's 6-1 win over the Colorado Rockies.

The 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 wood is ...

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.