Yankees' "torpedo bats" acknowledged as a reason for offensive explosion

[True Dough]

Wonder if anything is going to come of this? Will the Yankees be forced to abandon these bats, or will the rest of the league join them in adopting them?

The 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 down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in New York's 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.

"That's just trying to be the best we can be," manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. "That's one of the things that's gotten pointed out. I say to you guys all the time, we're trying to win on the margins, and that shows up in so many different ways."

Major League Baseball has relatively uncomplicated bat rules, stating under Rule 3.02: "The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood." It goes on to state there may be a cupped indentation up to 1¼ inches in depth, 2 inches wide and with at least a 1-inch diameter, and experimental models must be approved by MLB.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44468125/after-homer-barrage-yankees-address-attention-drawing-bats

[True Dough]

1. New York, BTW, has run up another 12 runs today

It's the 9th inning versus the Brewers: 12-3 at the moment.

[Auggie]

2. Soon all the teams will use them, and with the blessing of MLB ...

Manfred wants offense.

[rurallib]

3. it will be like watching slo-pitch down at the local park

like it was in the 90s.

[Auggie]

5. What makes home runs so special is their rarity

[True Dough]

9. Manfred lends credence to your theory

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44557313/rob-manfred-praises-torpedo-bats-absolutely-good-mlb

[LisaM]

4. But do they pose more danger?

Even in softball, they've ruled out some bats because the ball comes off with enough speed to kill people. That would be a huge concern for me if I were looking into this.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Biased Article

First, a conclusion has been reached after ONE game?
Then,

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in New York's 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Notice a name missing? Yeah Aaron Judge, who doesn't use a torpedo bat, and he hit 3 homeruns. But, that gets only a casual mention much later in the piece.
I think this is much ado about nothing. These histrionics after TWO games of a 162 game season? Stupid.

[True Dough]

7. Fair, Prof. More analysis is warranted.

But the Yanks sure did draw a ton of attention by posting 32 runs over the past two games. 32!!!

The coming weeks and months will give us plenty more evidence whether those torpedoes are are minor or leading factor.

[LessAspin]

8. 🎳 Bowling Pin 📌 Bats

Love the Bowling Pin/Torpedo Bats 🏏

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