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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (WPVI) -- Opening weekend of the MLB season and all the buzz was about one surprising star: torpedo bats. But who knew they were made right here in the Delaware Valley?

A torpedo bat, which is made of wood, caught steam when the New York Yankees tied a major league record with 15 home runs over its first three games. Nine of those came from five Yankees who used ...

The Yankees debuted a new style of baseball bat on March 28th, which added more wood to the barrel of the bat to increase the maximize players’ ability to hit the ball hard. Yankees players claimed ...

MLB approved the usage of maple bats the following year. Holman had to master the craft, and quick. That first year, he says, he made 80 bats. The following year, 2,000. In addition to their ...

Tater displays its original bat, a trainer bat and two torpedo bats. Tony Spinelli/ESPN Tater made its first underload trainer in 2018 and started shifting to the torpedo style around 2021 -- and ...

Two days after the New York Yankees’ offensive outburst in the Bronx made torpedo bats the talk of baseball, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz decided to try one for the first time in ...

Maine Billets in Anson made the initial bats that the New York Yankees helped make the hottest item in the sport. Now, a few Maine high school players are starting to use them. ANSON — Inside a ...

Richards Congress Avenue, as they wait for over a million Mexican free-tailed bats to swarm away in search of food. The stream of bats flying from the bridge begins each dusk and continues all the ...