The crack of a ball hitting off a wooden bat and echoing throughout a stadium is central to the ethos and mythology of baseball, the kind of sound that conjures images and memories of picturesque ...

The torpedo bats used by the New York Yankees in a record-tying home run binge to start the season have created an explosion of curiosity across Major League Baseball. Several Yankees players have ...

You’ve been hearing all about torpedo bats of late, and with good reason. New equipment isn’t introduced to Major League Baseball often, but the torpedo bat represents a change in the design of a ...

The curiosity of it all is that for as much the baseball bat itself has changed, the rules presiding over those changes have changed very little. Here are the bat regulations laid out during a ...

BRIDGEWATER — Torpedo bats are a hot topic in baseball — but not only in the major leagues. Spencer Jones’ eyes glowed and his smile widened when asked about the polarizing bats, which a handful of ...

The New York Yankees teed off on the Milwaukee Brewers at will Saturday, with some interesting equipment. Amid a nine-homer, 16-hit demolition of the Brewers' pitching staff — which started with three ...