The Yankees' historic home run surge to start the season lifted torpedo bats in the spotlight, but other teams are also using ...

In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

Bat makers are bracing for the newest obsession to become a fixture in baseball. “The torpedoes are here to stay,” ...

Unlike a traditional bat, on torpedo bats the wooden portion starts further down the barrel, moving the "wood toward the ...

For decades, baseball’s most famous struggle has remained unchanged: batters facing down fast-moving pitchers, trying to make ...