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Alan Nathan hadn’t been watching the 2025 season-opening series between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers when he got a text from a colleague who works for the Atlanta Braves: “What’s going on with these bats?” The Yankees had unleashed nine home runs in a 20-9 win against Milwaukee, and some of their hitters lifted new lumber—the torpedo bat.
Joseph Polidoro is a Sarasota, Florida-based independent science writer. His work has appeared in Scientific American and Science News.
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