⚾ What is a torpedo bat? How much does it help hitters? Inside MLB’s next big thing /// ESPN

The creation of the bowling pin bat (also known as the torpedo bat) optimizes the most important tool in baseball by redistributing weight from the end of the bat toward the area 6 to 7 inches below its tip, where major league players typically strike the ball. Doing so takes an apparatus that for generations has looked the same and gives it a fun-house-mirror makeover, with the fat part of the bat more toward the handle and the end tapering toward a smaller diameter, like a bowling pin.

It might end up being too late for baseball, but I continue to be amazed at the innovation and chances they are willing to take to make the game more enjoyable. It’s a lesson other sports need to learn from sooner than later.

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