MLB, torpedo bats
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Bleacher Report |
The premise of the torpedo bat—i.e., the thick part of the bat is shifted more toward the handle, where some hitters are more likely to make contact—is valid, and the promise of it seems to be real.
U.S. News & World Report |
Costantini had a similar process and thought the hype surrounding the torpedo since it exploded into the baseball consciousness over the weekend was a “hoax.”
Houston Chronicle |
A bat with a wider barrel sometimes referred to as a torpedo bat sits next to a normal bat during the first inning of MLB baseball game against the Washington Nationals, in Toronto, Monday, March 31, ...
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Bettors are all over the torpedo bat craze, but what do the sportsbooks think? Max Meyer talked to oddsmakers to find out.
The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands.
"When it was first introduced to us, I didn’t know how widespread this thought process was, but it’s getting around pretty quick."
A few Tigers have placed orders for torpedo bats, but most are merely curious about it. Most players said they were content with their current bat.
The New York Yankees’ new bats are the talk of the game after their offensive explosion against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz has joined the wave of players using the "torpedo bats." He had a phenomenal game in his first action with his new bat.
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.
In the fourth inning Tuesday night, the torpedo-toting Anthony Volpe was Exhibit A for the new tech, blasting a 94-mph cutter on the lower-inside half of the plate for his third home run.
Dave Portnoy, the founder and president of the popular Barstool Sports site, is also a prolific poster of online monologues. In one such video posted on Sunday, which he described as an "emergency press conference" though the video appears to show Portnoy alone in his home,
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