After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?

Many of the Yankees used torpedo bats while posting historic numbers this weekend. Here's how the team started using the oddly-shaped bats and why they're legal.

The bat shape is uniquely designed for each hitter's sweet spot, or the area on the bat where he most often makes contact with the ball. If a hitter is used to hitting the ball on the label, the ...

MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — Torpedo-shaped bats have gained attention after the New York Yankees' 15-homer weekend. A torpedo bat is essentially just a different shaped bat, looking more like a ...

New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower ...