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Some players are ready to experiment with the torpedo bats.
From Yahoo Sports
The Yankees’ bats came alive during the team’s franchise-record setting nine home run day against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
From The New York Times
The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin — became the talk of major league baseball over the w...
From U.S. News & World Report

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