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Top Yankees prospect says trying torpedo bat in 2025 season is 'obvious' move

Spencer Jones, a first-round pick in 2022, will be using the torpedo bat in the minors this season

CBS Sports - 2d

Max Muncy ditches his torpedo bat, scorches two-run double as part of Dodgers' comeback win vs. Braves

Muncy said he might go back to just using the new bat for BP

CBS Sports - 19h

Bat Speed Risers and Fallers: Breakouts coming for Pete-Crow Armstrong and Ryan Mountcastle?

Breaking down early 2025 bat speed data to find fantasy baseball waiver wire adds.

Yahoo Sports - 14h

Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. calls out 'idiots' opposed to torpedo bats

Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. fired back on social media to critics of the Yankees' use of torpedo bats, as the club launched 15 home runs over the weekend.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum takes down drone in left field

When a drone suddenly appeared near the left-field wall at Sutter Health Park on Monday night, veteran Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum decided to help thwart it. The drone tried to lift him off ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Torpedo bats: a destroyer of worlds or baseball’s long-awaited savior?

The quandary over the Yankees’ new technology is solvable, but first MLB must take it on the chin and usher in a temporary ban. In its brief moment of fame, the torpedo bat has made quite the ...

The Guardian - 3d

With torpedo bat, De La Cruz has 7 RBIs for Reds

Using a torpedo bat, Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs with seven RBIs, as the Cincinnati Reds routed the Texas Rangers 14-3 on Monday night, and after the win, manager Terry ...

ESPN - 2d

Kirkpatrick reflects on Indians' win at Roland wood bat tournament

Over the weekend, Sequoyah baseball took home a win in its first tournament. Playing in Roland, the Indians won three games to snare the Roland Wood Bat Championship. SHS started off with a big win ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Ball-blasting 'Torpedo bats' making waves across MLB opening weekend

New "torpedo" baseball bats are making waves across America's national pastime, triggering an explosion of home runs in the first full week of the Major League Baseball season."It's all within ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Sloppy fielding, quiet bats sink Mets in 4-2 loss to Marlins

Kodai Senga delivered eight strikeouts over five innings of work, but the Mets’ errors and stimied bats spelled a 4-2 loss to the Marlins on Tuesday night in Miami.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Love, actually: How intimacy survives marriage and motherhood | Saman Shad

The key isn’t chasing some impossible ideal of passion that never fades, but learning to appreciate love in all its evolving forms. The first thing a friend did when I told her the title of my book ...

The Guardian - 3d

Were the Panthers actually close to trading for WR DK Metcalf earlier this offseason?

Panthers HC Dave Canales on trade rumors about WR DK Metcalf: 'We had the conversations'

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Who actually runs Columbia University? | Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock

Trustees aren’t academics – and they’re often political wolves in sheep’s clothing. We need reform to save the American university as we know it. Late on Friday evening, the trustees of Columbia ...

The Guardian - 2d

Goat Direct 2025 - Everything Announced During This Totally (Actually) Real Presentation

April 1 is generally a day where everyone is a tad bit more skeptical than usual, but Goat Simulator 3 developer Coffee Stain North chose today to hold its first--and possibly last--Goat Direct ...

GameSpot - 2d

Dining across the divide: ‘He couldn’t see that we were actually disagreeing’

Can a Lib Dem voting engineer who is ‘dead against’ people arriving in small boats and a Zambian-born author agree to disagree on immigration?. Clive, 56, Manchester . Occupation Consultant ...

The Guardian - 21h

5 Bengals options if the NFL team actually relocated to a new city

Could the Bengals move to a new city? It's apparently not impossible.

Yahoo Sports - 13h

Warriors' Jimmy Butler is pushing all the right buttons by not actually pushing at all

Steve Kerr said Butler saved Golden State's season, and he's not wrong

CBS Sports - 1h

Will torpedo bats change the game?

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the hottest MLB topic so far in 2025.

ESPN - 20h

Yankees' 'torpedo' bats elicit shock and awe around baseball after a 13-home run weekend

The reaction across MLB to the design of the New York Yankees' new 'torpedo' bats after the Bronx Bombers belted 13 home runs in two games was swift.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Elly De La Cruz added fuel to MLB's torpedo-bat conversation in Reds win vs. Rangers

Like it or not, the Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz just dumped a ton of fuel on torpedo-style bat conversation that's engulfed MLB.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Giancarlo Stanton and the torpedo bat: Why he switched to it in 2024; plus injury update

"Torpedo'' style bats are all the talk of MLB, but Giancarlo Stanton used a version of that lumber last year, when he went on a postseason home run spree.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Demand for viral 'torpedo' baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive

A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball's ...

Yahoo Sports - 14h

A beautiful mind for basketball: Todd Golden’s winning formula carries Gators to Final Four

GAINESVILLE — An early breakfast the day of the Sweet 16 in San Francisco gave Florida’s Alijah Martin something more to chew on. The main course was another glimpse into the beautiful basketball ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Opening weekend: Torpedo bats take over Bronx and internet + Sasaki's concerning start | Baseball Bar-B-Cast

Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz recap all the action from Opening Weekend in MLB including the two diving into the "torpedo bats" that helped the Yankees mash homers over the weekend and spark ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Mets Notes: Torpedo bats ‘nothing new,’ Francisco Lindor back with club after birth of son

The Mets scored a 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins, but Monday's win wasn't the only thing on Carlos Mendoza's mind as he spoke about torpedo bats, Francico Lindor's leadership, and some injury ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Chicago Cubs Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner are using torpedo bats — and seeing results

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson is known for his routine and sticking with what works for him. That extends to the bat he uses. Well, at least it did. Swanson has ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Reds' Elly De La Cruz hits two long homers in first game with torpedo bat

Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz blasted a pair of 400-foot homers and drove in seven runs while using the trendy torpedo bat for the first time.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Torpedo bat draws interest among Twins hitters — but just one taker so far

CHICAGO — Twins assistant hitting coach Trevor Amicone first encountered the torpedo bat three or four years ago while working in the New York Yankees’ minor league system. He’s not necessarily ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton says he'll continue using torpedo bats upon return from injury

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton said he'll continue using a torpedo bat whenever he returns from pain in both elbows, but also declined to say whether he thought using the new model might have ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Carlos Rodon struggles early, Yankees' bats show up too late in 4-3 loss to Diamondbacks

The Yankees' bats were kept in check against Zac Gallen, picking up just three hits against the right-hander before the offense woke up late in their 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on a cold, ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Batting in top two spots of order, twin brothers Nolan and Caden Kendall spark Andrew. ‘It’s a dream, really.’

When junior catcher Nolan Kendall stepped to the plate as Andrew’s leadoff hitter Wednesday, his twin brother, Caden, was waiting in the on-deck circle. Not only are the twins typically batting in ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Torpedo bat designer says it's more about the players than the bat model

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 ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Fantasy Baseball: Torpedo bats this, torpedo bats that — the Pirates are more interested in stealing

Fantasy baseball analyst Scott Pianowski looks at the running ways of the Pirates in the early goings of the 2025 season.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Anthropic scientists expose how AI actually ‘thinks’ — and discover it secretly plans ahead and sometimes lies

Anthropic has developed a new method for peering inside large language models (LLMs) like Claude, revealing for the first time how these AI systems process information and make decisions. The ...

VentureBeat - Mar. 27

Google searches for ‘how to reduce stress’ are at an all-time high: A doctor explains why and what can actually help

The spike in Google searches for "how to manage stress" are "a population-level cry for help," says Dr. Neha Chaudhary. Here are some expert recommendations.

CNBC - 4d

Women's Final Four: Can South Carolina actually win an NCAA championship without a go-to scorer?

The Gamecocks' offense has been an issue in their Sweet 16 and Elite Eight scares

CBS Sports - 3d

NAD boosters: Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber are into them, but do they actually stop ageing? | Antiviral

Despite social media hype, there is little evidence that the therapies, marketed as pills, shots and IV infusions, have any effects on ageing. The fountain of youth is an enduring legend. Different ...

The Guardian - 2d