Mastermind of torpedo batThe mastermind behind the design is Aaron Leanheardt, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist turned coach for the Miami Marlins. Leanheardt, who introduced ...

The Yankees just clobbered a MLB record 15 home runs in their first three games thanks in part to a new style of bat developed by a 48-year-old physicist.

Some Major League Baseball players are changing up the type of bat they use in favor of ones that feature the thickest part ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a better chance of hitting the ball on their "sweet spot" ...

A traditional baseball bat has a skinny handle that flares into a barrel of about the same diameter in the middle and far ends of the bat. The new torpedo bat moves the mass down toward the player ...

The person holding court for Monday afternoon’s largest media scrum wasn’t superstars Juan Soto or Francisco Lindor, but ...

The bats are already being credited with helping the New York Yankees slam nine home runs in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. For the company behind the bats, the King on ...

Smith discussed how Aaron Leanhardt, the man behind the torpedo bat, came up with the idea within the parameters of MLB's guidelines for bats.“'You’re going up with a weapon that can be better.' ...

ESPN’s lead baseball personality Jeff Passan attempted to educate the sports fans on the physics behind the bats structure. “If the length and weight of bats are constants,” wrote Passan.

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees’ bats were the story of the team’s franchise-record nine-home run day against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Then came the discussion about the actual ...

When Aaron Leanhardt was a graduate student in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was part of a research team that cooled sodium gas to the lowest temperature ever recorded ...