Baseball bats have been made out of hickory — a dense ... Maple might not be the end of the exploration of different wood types, either. Bamboo can be used alongside maple to make for a stronger ...

In that spirit, let's take a moment to consider the turning-point moments in baseball bat history -- an abridged guide to how we got from sticks to torpedoes. The torpedo is the talk of 2025 ...

MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...

Though it seems like common sense that adding heft to the part of the bat where a player hits the ball would be advantageous, several physicists who study baseball bats told me that’s not ...