'It’s about the batter not the bat': Torpedo bat designer defends design amid debate
For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate.
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Torpedo bat designer says it’s more about the players than the bat model
MIAMI: 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 the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin — became the talk of major league baseball over the weekend. The New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr.
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