Caleb Love was an All-Big 12 first-team selection as a fifth-year senior, averaging 17.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists ...

SCHREIBER: Traditional bats get bigger the higher up you go. But torpedo bats bulge out about three quarters of the way up and thin out at the top. In other words, there's a bigger sweet spot.

Police are searching for two men who stole six baseball bats worth $2,099 from a Dick's Sporting Goods store in Melville. Suffolk County police said the theft occurred at the store on Walt Whitman ...

Because of this extra surface area, the sweet spot or the high-performing zone becomes bigger. This means the bat has more ‘forgiving space’ to hit the ball well, even if the timing isn’t perfect. So, ...

More wood around the ‘sweet spot’ and less wood close to the handle gives more power to strokes,” said an international batsman who has played with oversized bats. The less-cautious batsmen, known for ...

Look at the success of the new torpedo bats in baseball. Putting the weight and power to the sweet spot has everyone from the Yankees to youth players a smart way to play better.

To address this inefficiency, torpedo bats are made with more wood in the sweet spot and less wood elsewhere—thus, the bulge. The idea was to “put it where you’re trying to hit the ball ...

That style of bat has been gaining popularity after the New York Yankees used them to start this season, crushing a record-breaking 18 home runs within their first four games.

The bats are legal in the MLB, as long as the thickest part of it doesn't exceed 2.61 inches. "People are buying them so I think they'll be around to stay," said Smith.