Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier to hit the ball. Since that part is the sweet spot, it gives the ball a ...

I’m just playing baseball.” That the Yankees had a historically great game, and that some players were using funny-looking ...

Major League Baseball's bat regulations are relatively permissive. Currently, the rules allow for a maximum barrel diameter ...

A torpedo bat model is pictured between two other models so patrons can observe the difference while touring the automated ...

In the early days of this year’s season, 'torpedo' bats have become all the rage for big-league hitters. And now, they are ...

The torpedo bat is getting a lot of attention and scrutiny these days. That was certainly the case in a physics lab here, among some of the top students at one of the region’s highest-ranked ...

The New York Yankees quietly brought a physics experiment to the plate. Then came the home-run barrage.

While baseball is a game on the cutting edge of data analysis, rarely has it resulted in notable changes to equipment, at ...

The Yankees had unleashed nine home runs in a 20-9 win against Milwaukee, and some of their hitters lifted new lumber—the torpedo bat. Nathan is a professor emeritus of physics at the University ...

Wells said baseball is a sport that is very connected to physics, and he spoke about the impact the torpedo bat will have on the physics of the game. “It’s surprising to me that the baseball ...