Reds' superstar Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB player to smash a home run with a torpedo bat, but what is it? And are the bats legal?

While baseball can sometimes be on the sporting back burner, torpedo bats have captured everyone's attention. What's going on.

MLB’s bat regulations are fairly lax. The “torpedo” bats are legal so long as they follow league Rule 3.02, which states: ...

The result, which looks something like a torpedo or a bowling pin, is a simple yet remarkable feat of engineering, reflecting ...

MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at ...

Roy Hobbs, the fabled swinger of his beloved “Wonderboy,” might disagree. But there really is no such thing as a “magic bat.” ...

Using a torpedo bat, Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs with seven RBIs, as the Cincinnati Reds routed ...

For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the ...