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Lee Jung-hoo and the team, the sense of hitting completely collapsed. San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo did not have a hit ...
The late 1800s were a time of “great experimentation” in bat design, John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, told me: four-sided bats and flat bats, bats with slits for springs and sliding ...
Baseball physicists explain torpedo bats They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work?
Torpedo bats are all the rage in Major League Baseball these days, but one bat expert set the record straight on an idea that has been floating around since their introduction.. Keenan Long of ...
Before Saturday’s game with the Reds, Padres manager Mike Shildt spoke of his club’s determination to break out offensively.
The New York Yankees’ 20-9 win against the Milwaukee Brewers last Saturday has put the spotlight on the odd, bowling-pin-shaped “torpedo bat” that many of the team’s players were swinging.
The Yankees 20-9 win against the Brewers last weekend put the spotlight on torpedo bats. But in baseball, as in life, sometimes a fluke is just what it seems.
Composite bats can also be altered to improve how the ball springs off them (the so-called trampoline effect) and surpass the NCAA standards that have been established (and re-established) over ...
Heading into the 2025 College World Series, here's a closer look at why most of college baseball uses metal bats Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 KPMG Women's PGA ⛳ ...
The late 1800s were a time of “great experimentation” in bat design, John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, told me: four-sided bats and flat bats, bats with slits for springs and sliding ...