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. After some ...

The opening weekend of the 2025 MLB season was taken over by a surprise star -- torpedo bats. The bowling pin-shaped bats became the talk of the sport after the Yankees' home run onslaught on the ...

"Torpedo bats," like the one shown here used by New York Yankees player Jazz Chisholm Jr., have a slightly bulbous shape that's similar to a bowling pin. Mike Stobe / Getty Images Ever since the New ...

They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work? If you were making a bowling pin on a lathe and suddenly ...