Posted on 03/31/2025 10:31:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
Thursday, on Opening Day, the Yankees hit two home runs against the Brewers in a 4-2 victory. Saturday, in the second game of the series, they hit nine homers in a 20-9 walloping of the Brew Crew, three of them coming on the first three Brewers' pitches.
Sunday, they hit four more, tying the record for most home runs hit in the first three games of a season (15).
And sure, they were playing the Brewers, but you gotta think something is going on here, right?
Well..
Yes, they redesigned the bat to put more wood where the bat makes contact with the ball.
And it's completely legal!
But of course people are whining about it -- it's the Yankees, so why wouldn't they?
Even Dave Portnoy got in on the action (wearing a Red Sox hat, of course).
"Unbiased rant"!! 🤣🤣🤣 To be fair, it's Portnoy's Barstool Sports up there mocking fans for crying about the bats.
So fans are going to be mad at these bats because it's the Yankees, other teams will then adjust their bats to match the greatness of these new "torpedo bats" -- turning baseball into a much more entertaining sport -- and then in about ten months we'll have a ban on the bats.
It'll be fun while it lasts! Also, I thought this was hilarious, so I'm leaving it here:
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2025/3/31/24397778/yankees-torpedo-explained-mlb
...the Torpedo was approved by Major League Baseball prior to the season, meaning that it does not fall under the clause of “experimental bats,” as outlined in the rule book.
While it anecdotally looks much larger than comparison bats, the reality is that a majority of MLB players have never used a bat that maxes out the 2.61 inch diameter, as the Topedo does...
“Look at the article.............It’s a joke pic............”
You know that most here don’t look at the articles and were jerked by your false presentation.
Just look at the comments.
“Its illegal. MLB bats must follow specific specifications.”
What specification does it violate?
Looking at the real pic makes me wonder about the surface area at its most curved spot (spot of most a cute radius), could that induce a spin upon contact? That could introduce next level fun.
POST OF THE WEEK!
“I think Al Kaline used a similar bat.”
Richie Allen used a 42 oz. bat with a very thin handle, which pushed more weight to the barrel.
We discussed this in depth Saturday when it was happening. Everyone that was interested would already know what the actual bat looked like. There were pics.............
It’s a wiffle ball bat
By moving the center of mass back toward the batter, he can put more power where it’s needed the most, right in the strike zone...............
Just wait until George Brett hears about this.
LOLOL!.......................
Yep, it’s much more likely that the hit would result in more strikes and more foul balls.
Im sire that’s a good answer to someone’s question just not mine.
. and full speed ahead
Sums it all up.
kind of a misleading picture.
I while back I heard a podcast series about a similar controversy with curling brooms. Someone designed a brown that basically forced the stone to follow it making it almost impossible to lose.
Eventually a team of players and manufacturers came to a conclusion outlawing the tricked out brooms and creating tighter specifications
Max OD of the barrel is 2.61 inches.
MLB approved almost two years ago.
Physics + Lousy Brewer pitching.
MLB has called them legal.
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