Jeffrey Dean Morgan Reveals He Got 'Lucille' Tattoo in Honor of “Walking Dead” Baseball Bat: 'I Adore Her'
"I never had a prop in my life as an actor that felt so innately mine," the 'The Walking Dead: Dead City' star said in a ...
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Baseball writer explains new 'torpedo' bats in MLB
Chad Jennings, of The Athletic, speaks with SportsCenter 5's Josh Brogadir about the new bats that the New York Yankees used during a record-setting game. NEEDHAM, Mass. — Chad Jennings ...
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Meet the MIT physicist turned Marlins coach behind the ‘torpedo’ bats used by the Yankees
“Really,” he said. “It’s just about making the bat as heavy and as fat as possible in the area where you’re trying to do damage on the baseball.” A Major League Baseball spokesman told ...
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New York Yankees make waves, set records with 'torpedo bats'; yes, they are legal
A number of Yankees are using a newly created bat with a barrel that is thicker and wider than a standard baseball bat, designed by a former physics professor and MIT graduate. In the second game ...
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Torpedo bats have already been ordered by 1 MLB team after Yankees' HR barrage
the torpedo bat is taking over MLB. Well, not fully. But the Yanks aren't the only team trying them and there are players giving them a shot. ESPN's Buster Olney reported on Sunday Night Baseball ...
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Rival pitcher calls out MLB over Yankees’ ‘torpedo’ bats
A rival pitcher is not happy with the New York Yankees’ new bats, and with Major League Baseball for allowing them. Milwaukee Brewers closer Trevor Megill suggested that the Yankees’ newly ...
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Yankees' 'torpedo' bats: A baseball revolution or an early season quirk?
Maybe, but both hosts advised caution. “If a bat just helps players hit the ball more often and effectively, that’s a good thing for baseball,” Shusterman said. Yet, he added, “These aren ...
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MLB weighs in on Yankees’ ‘torpedo’ bats
The torpedo style bats are the product of Aaron Leanhardt aka “Lenny,” a former MIT physicist, who has worked as a hitting coach in baseball. He was brought in by the Yankees to improve the ...
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Justine Siegal will go to bat for women in pro baseball once more
"I went to all the games. I slept with my baseball bat right next to me. I would wake up and I would take swings in my bedroom and go back to bed. That was for sure my dream." Her ground-breaking ...
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Torpedo-style bats taking baseball by storm after Yankees put up 32 runs in first series
CHESHIRE, Conn. (WFSB) - Torpedo style bats are taking baseball by storm, after the New York Yankees scored 32 runs and hit a number of home runs this weekend. “Minor league players, major ...
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Dave Portnoy loses it over Yankees’ torpedo bats: ‘I should be in the major leagues with this thing’
Aaron Judge, meanwhile, slugged four homers in three games, leading Portnoy to claim he was swinging a torpedo bat. He wasn’t. While Major League Baseball has said these new bats are perfectly l ...
The baseball cards that make us happy: Childhood favorites and mementos of loved ones
Every collector has a card with special significance, whether it was a childhood hero or the middle reliever you couldn't ...