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Health officials are warning that a bat found in Orange County last week has tested positive for rabies. The bat was discovered on the ground by a walking path around Rancho Santa Margarita Lake ...
The New York Yankees’ 20-9 win against the Milwaukee Brewers last Saturday has put the spotlight on the odd, bowling-pin-shaped “torpedo bat” that many of the team’s players were swinging.
Nine were reportedly hit with the new bats. Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz added more fuel to the fire when he picked up a torpedo bat for the first time Monday night in a homestand series ...
But thanks to his invention of the torpedo bat that's taken over the league in 2025, the former MIT physicist has become a celebrity of sorts. EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT THE TORPEDO BAT: From design ...
From friendly smiley faces to cheeky aubergines, emoji now form a staple part of many of our messages. While most popular characters are harmless fun, other seemingly-innocent symbols have ...
Is it the bat or the confidence that a bat that looks like a torpedo gives? Anthony Volpe isn’t quite sure just yet, but after hitting two home runs in his first two games of the season with the ...
West Sacramento, Calif. — When a drone suddenly appeared near the left-field wall at Sutter Health Park on Monday night, veteran Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum decided to help thwart it.
They are customized for each player, with wood more concentrated in areas of the bat where the hitter is more likely to strike the ball. You may not be able to tell the difference between a ...
For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa with a stop sign sprouting up from the tree-lawn shrubs.
NEW YORK — The Yankees’ record-setting performance on offense against the Brewers on Saturday featured a new bat design that’s so unusual it looks illegal at first glance. Play-by-play ...
HOUSTON — Jeff McNeil is swinging a bat in the early stages of his comeback from a right oblique strain. The Mets second baseman, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, began hitting off a tee on ...
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