On opening weekend, some New York Yankees stepped to the plate with bats that looked slightly off, thick in an unusual place, ...

One of the great features of baseball is how often this old sport learns a new trick. They've been playing the game since the 1800s, yet every season brings an innovation to the forefront. Sometimes ...

The bats have a striking design in which wood is moved lower down the barrel and the end is shaped a little like a bowling pin. The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative ...

USS Tang, commanded by Richard O’Kane, became one of the most successful American submarines of World War II in just five ...

Torpedo bats have been a hit among Major League Baseball players. The MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel have become the talk of the town after the New York Yankees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – “Torpedo bats” have recently been all the rage in Major League Baseball. The New York Yankees ...

In his playing days, Eric Gagne’s objective was simple. “My job was to break bats,” the former Dodgers closer joked with a laugh. Which makes his current occupation, as chief executive of Quebec-based ...

Is it the bat or the confidence that a bat that looks like a torpedo gives? Anthony Volpe isn’t quite sure just yet, but after hitting two home runs in his first two games of the season with the new ...

A U.S. Navy submarine sitting at depth could soon open a torpedo tube, send an unmanned drone into hostile waters, and pull ...