Tucci is the founder and owner of Tucci bats, one of the preferred wooden bat manufacturers among major league players, so he is accustomed to being on call to hitters who are certain a slight shift will make the difference.

But all the attention is on torpedo bats, the differently shaped bat that has helped power the Yankees' historic offensive start. On the torpedo bats, the barrel is closer to the label and therefore closer to the batters' hands.

The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands.

Reds' superstar Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB player to smash a home run with a torpedo bat, but what is it? And are the bats legal?

The torpedo bat has taken the baseball world by storm. What are the players and experts saying about this new piece of hitting technology?

Torpedo bats are all the rage around Major League Baseball this week, but are they here to stay? The Yankees’ power display over the weekend \-\- New York hit 15 home runs in a three-game home sweep o

The Major League Baseball season is just underway and, while some athletes are making their major league debut, so is the usage of the ‘Torpedo’ bat.

The Yankees all having torpedo bats is giving that time Malfoy’s dad bought the whole Slytherin quidditch team Nimbus 2001s.'

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the torpedo bat has become baseball’s latest