"To make it into a wood bat and maximize the ideal hitting area, they had to come up with this torpedo shape and reduce the ...

Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball's latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop off a torpedo bat ... highlighted the surge of interest in ...

Will there be a significant offensive surge in baseball now that hitters across the league want their hands on the bats?

After the new design erupted into the public’s attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest.

CINCINNATI — About one week into the MLB season and all anyone wants to talk about is the “Torpedo Bat." The Reds beat ... is the Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Development ...

Baseball bat manufacturers ... tried a torpedo model and said he expects that to increase to 80% by month’s end. “All I can say,” said Bobby Hillerich, a vice president of manufacturing ...

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo ... of manufacturing and operations for Hillerich and Bradsby Co., the maker of Louisville Slugger bats ...