Creativity was on full display during MLB's Players' Weekend this year, with a variety of custom bat designs ranging from the imaginative to the comedic. The three-day Players' Weekend has a different ...

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 broadcast ...

The Houston Astros are seeking a ninth trip to the postseason in the last 11 years, but that lofty goal has taken a backseat to the impact the New York Yankees' new "torpedo" bats are having. The ...

For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is moved lower down ...

Composite bats suitable for softball and less competitive baseball leagues have been around for years now. But adult baseball, with its high-hitting forces and tapered bat shape, has proven too tough ...

The Houston Astros are seeking a ninth trip to the postseason in the last 11 years, but that lofty goal has taken a backseat to the impact the New York Yankees' new "torpedo" bats are having. The ...