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:
Not right...
“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.............”
Then wh6 did you post this today?
Look at all the “disinterested” comments that were fooled by your fake photo.
Might make the most boring game invented interesting again.
Sounds like MLB “snuck one” by the fans to build excitement (and, of course, profit) ... more homers = more fans = more revenue .... but understand I take nothing away from anyone who can hit a 100mph-plus fastball over 400 feet in the air!!
Looks more like a mace than a baseball bat.
The only thing is if the batter hits the ball at the end where the bat narrows, the direction the ball takes would be different that it normally would be. There might be some unintentional fouls that make for easy outs. I don’t think spin would make much difference at that point...................
George Costanza: Hitting is not about muscle. It’s simple physics. Calculate the velocity, V, in relation to the trajectory, T, in which G, gravity, of course, is a constant
Yeah, 6 games.....
What they in fact did was to take away wood where the bat doesn't make much contact with the ball--that is, from its end. That lightens the bat, enabling batters to swing faster and thus to hit balls farther. This is the same theory Ernie Banks pioneered in 1955 when he lightened his bats by thinning the other end, the handle, and suddenly went from 19 homers to 44.
Other teams that have players that use the bats are the Cubs, Twins, Blow Jays and Rays.
“ Its illegal. MLB bats must follow specific specifications”
Thats what I’ve been yelling to no one for days. Why didn’t the umpire say no way!!
They use to throw the pitcher out of the game for grease on their brim. Too much tar on your bat? You’re outta here!!
But a bat that looks like a bowling pin? Go ahead Yankees, Play Ball!!
Cut it open and get the super balls or cork out of it. I remember when Chris Sabo “borrowed” a bat that he immediately broke. Lo and behold, out bounces the cork.
https://youtu.be/Ft-pWVaRnQ8?si=Cw7ilnnBd8yodSe9
The bat shown is larger than 2.61 inches in diameter.
ISWYDT.........................
We put tennis balls inside aluminum softball bats back when I played slow pitch softball in the 70’s and added 15% to ordinary hitting distance. This was back in the good old days of softball when there was no homerun limit rule.
Amazed no one tried this before. It’s a great idea especially when teams use four pitchers a game.
Everybody will be using these bats then they will have to come up with another way to get ahead...............
It’s entirely legal; they meet specs just fine. There was no sneaking; they’ve been inspected by the umpires. The only unique element is that the bulge is before the end of the bat. And one guy hit five of the home runs using a regular bat.
My guess is the bat is slightly helpful to certain kinds of hitters, such as right-hand, moderately powerful hitters facing the asymmetrical Yankee outfield.
Just the opposite. There’s more weight AWAY from the edge of the bat, so when Volpe pulls the ball off the brand, it’s got more mass where it actually contacts the ball, and when he hits it off the end of the bat, it’s more likely to go foul or down the short rightfield line.
They were created in response to the discovery that Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe hit EVERY one of his home runs off the brand, not off the barrel. (So much for the stupidity known as Sabermetrics.)
Yep, pitch where the wood aint, and the bat is worthless. Inside, low, etc.
WHen I played Little League decades ago, I remember a guy (father of one of the older players) conduct a practice with him hitting balls to kids in various parts of an “outfield” with what seemed to be a hollow “metal” bat...He was effortlessly hitting it very very far, and he was far from a seasoned ballplayer....it was called a “fungo bat”
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