Count Spencer Jones among the members of the New York Yankees family who will swing a torpedo bat this season. The No. 3 overall prospect in the New York farm s

It's another day and another record for the New York Yankees offense and the torpedo bats some of their players are using this year. New York faced the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in its fourth game of the season and wasted no time making early noise with solo home runs from Jasson Domínguez in the third inning and Anthony Volpe in the fourth inning.

It’s the “torpedo bat.” The torpedo bat became the talk of baseball after the New York Yankees hit 15 home runs — including nine on Saturday — over three games. The bats, true to the name, feature a torpedo-like shape and are custom-made,

New torpedo bats have become all the rage in Major League Baseball and a Minnesota Twins slugger is trying them out.

For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate

YES announcer Michael Kay pointed out during the broadcast that several players had been using a design with a barrel closer to the hands.

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating conversation. And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats.

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on strike over poor working conditions.

A shortage of prison guards may lead to early releases for select inmates serving time in New York state prisons.

Inmates across New York state with 110 or fewer days remaining in their sentence could get an early release amid staff strikes.