The Pitt News asked Pitt physics chair Andrew Zentner his thoughts on the new bats and the science behind the torpedo-shaped ...

Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.

Paul LaMantia and Ryan LaPensee have learned a valuable lesson from early in the 2025 Major League Baseball season.

"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 ...

By Justin Stulpe A forward-thinking modification to the traditional baseball bat has been the topic of discussion in the world of professional baseball to begin the 2025 season. This discourse has ...

The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

Salutations. It's been a minute. Due to some deadlines there at the end of spring and travel at the start of the season, I've ...

The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

Torpedo bats are now all the rage across the league, but opinions on the bats are split. Some players are ready to experiment with the torpedo bats. Others are quick to call them a scourge.

But after dozens of swings in the cage, where he said the balance was better, the ball sounded more crisp off the bat, the left-handed hitter ordered on the spot four custom-crafted torpedo bats ...