Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may ...

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.

It’s easy to assume that Honduran white bats only live in Honduras because of their name. However, these adorably fluffy creatures can also be found in other Central American countries ...

Credit: Wikipedia Most bats tell a story—this one comes with a photograph to prove it. That single snapshot sealed its status as a one-of-a-kind gem. After being graded PSA/DNA GU 10, it hit the ...

Can anything defuse Major League Baseball's hottest hitting weapon? The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel − have become 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 ...

FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WELL, LOUISVILLE SLUGGERS TORPEDO BAT IS NOT NEW, BUT IT IS DRAWING ATTENTION. JUST DAYS INTO THE NEW BASEBALL SEASON, HILLERICH AND BRADSBY WORKED WITH PLAYERS ON FOUR MAJOR ...

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ record-setting performance on offense against the Brewers on Saturday featured a new bat design that’s so unusual it looks illegal at first glance. Play-by-play ...

Perhaps the team's newly-designed wooden bats had something to do with it? Yankees play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay detailed during the game how New York redesigned its wooden bats thanks to a ...

A torpedo bat model is pictured between two other models so patrons can observe the difference while touring the automated lathe section of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. Expand to ...

Credit: Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2024.0616 In looking at the video and simulations, the researchers found that the bats slowed down as they approached the ...

Despite the offensive outing, the team's newly designed bats may be the biggest takeaway from the day. Several of the Yankees players were spotted wielding a uniquely designed bat on Saturday.