Louisville Slugger handcrafted De La Cruz's first-ever torpedo bat, which he used for the first ... with noticeably more wood in the area around the label (where the hitter is most likely to ...

His autograph began appearing in the wood of the bat itself -- the beginning of that long-common practice. For 100 years or more, the Louisville Slugger reigned supreme as the bat of choice in the ...

Torpedo bats are different from standard bats in that the density has been redistributed, with a narrower end and more wood lower down ... start at $169.95 on Louisville Slugger and can go all ...

Louisville Slugger makes the bats ... “If you hit outside of the sweet spot on the wood bat, you are only going to get 60 percent of its power,” Hillerich said. The sweet spot is on the ...

wood bat in November 2023. Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo bat was introduced around big-league clubhouses last season, adoption was hardly ...

ESPN recently spoke to Bobby Hillerich, vice president of production at Hillerich & Bradsby which makes Louisville Slugger bats, about the ... to scramble to get wood. And then it was: How fast ...

Louisville Slugger is offering a glimpse into ... Named for their torpedo-shaped appearance, these bats are designed with additional wood in the area most likely to make contact with the ball ...

The talk of baseball: Louisville Slugger shows how the torpedo ... The bat shall be one piece of solid wood. NOTE: No laminated or experimental bats shall be used in a professional game (either ...