Torpedo bats!

[steve B]

Originally Posted by packs

Was Henie Groh's bottle bat ever officially banned? Seems as though he was the real pioneer in this area.

As far as i know, his bats would be legal as long as the diameter is under the limit. The only thing that's a maybe is the "consistent taper" requirement, but that seems to not matter.

Even if they're legal, they would be heavy and have odd weight distribution, so they might not be all that good.

[steve B]

When I first saw a picture of the torpedo bat, I thought it was to help batters hit to the opposite field.

Redistributing the center of mass to where most balls get hit seems like a good idea.

[bk400]

Max Muncy put a bit of chill on the torpedo bat tonight:

https://nypost.com/2025/04/03/sports...walkoff-homer/

[Balticfox]

It seems to me that those bats will result in more home runs if the ball hits the sweet spot and more ground outs/fly outs if it misses. All in all this means less singles, doubles and triples where there's action on the base paths. If this is so, I'm opposed to it. I like action!