Following an offensive explosion — in which the team hit 15 home runs and scored 36 runs in just three games — questions emerged about the unusual bats used by some of the team's hitters.

When Aaron Leanhardt was a graduate student in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was part of a research team that cooled sodium gas to the lowest temperature ever recorded ...

Torpedo bats are the explosive new trend in baseball after the New York Yankees set a franchise record Saturday, hitting nine home runs — the first four of which were back to back to back to ...

Proud confession No. 1: I love the Torpedo Bats. I love the quirky, bulbous look; I love the ominous name; I love the back story (invented by a physics nerd); I like that the bats are working ...

And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats. The Bronx Bombers tied an MLB record as they hit 15 home runs in their opening three-game series – including a franchise-record nine in their 20 ...

The New York Yankees and their torpedo bats are causing a stir across baseball. In case you missed it, on Saturday, the Yankees set a franchise record for home runs (nine dingers!) against the ...

They wanted to make more contact with pitches and they wanted to strike the ball more often with the bat’s “sweet spot,” or the densest area.“They’re going to point to a location on the ...

The New York Yankees' torpedo bats are the talk of Major League Baseball after the team hit a franchise-record nine home runs in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Paul Goldschmidt, Cody ...

Giancarlo Stanton embraced the torpedo bats long before they became the talk of MLB. The Yankees slugger used the bowling-pin-shaped bats last season, including during a torrid playoff run in ...

(NEXSTAR) — Even if you don’t follow baseball, you may have heard talk of the torpedo bats that seemingly helped propel the New York Yankees to put up 36 runs and hit 15 homers during their ...

“The dream,” Jeff Van Gundy said, laughing, “is that you figure something out and nobody else figures it out until it’s too late. That almost never happens. But I saw it happen.” ...

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images The Yankees had some help, though, thanks to their new "torpedo bats," which have become the talk of the sports world due to their unusual design and immediate impact.