In Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the Baseball Bat is one of the two melee weapons available, alongside the Knife. While the Knife, unlocked by default, is a one-hit-kill weapon, the Baseball Bat ...

Fair enough. And who knows whether those players would have homered with a traditional bat, too. But either way, baseball players saw baseball players trying something new and having success.

If you were making a bowling pin on a lathe and suddenly decided to make a baseball bat instead, the result would look something like the "torpedo bat" that is the talk of MLB's new season.