On Monday, bat manufacturer Louisville Slugger posted a sneak peek of the pink torpedo bat Cincinnati Reds ' star Elly De La ...

A torpedo bat model is pictured between two other models so patrons can observe the difference while touring the automated ...

Major League Baseball has found itself at the center of a heated discussion as a new bat design—nicknamed the torpedo bat—grabs headlines and swings for the fences. With a reimagined weight ...

The New York Yankees brought it to light and since then bat technology has taken off — thanks in part to Rose-Hulman Athletics Hall of Fame member Keenan Long. Long is a 2010 graduate of RHIT and was ...

The bats were developed by current Miami Marlins coach and former New York analyst Aaron Leanhardt. The torpedo bats move the widest part of the barrel from the end toward the "sweet-spot," which ...

Originally developed by Miami Marlins field coordinator and MIT-trained physicist Aaron "Lenny" Leanhardt while with the Yankees, the "torpedo" bat moves wood from the end of the bat down to where ...

MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting analyst with the Yankees before he joined the Miami Marlins as a field ...