Teams mentioned bat speed training, “short box” competitive batting practices, and scouting for bat path — and several teams were already trying to mimic those efforts themselves.

During the IPL match between KKR and PBKS, Anrich Nortje's bat failed an on-field size check, highlighting increased scrutiny on bat specifications in IPL 2024. This incident, along with similar ...

IPL-2025 has seen increased scrutiny of bat sizes, with on-field inspections now common. Sunil Narine and Anrich Nortje of KKR recently failed the gauge test, highlighting the BCCI's efforts to ...

That’s all normal stuff for "Big Dumper," as he’s been so affectionately nicknamed, but what’s new is his choice of bat. Raleigh is a recent convert to torpedo bats, which he picked up just ...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 double-header on Sunday saw the start of an interesting procedure, as umpires began checking the bat size of players. In the contest between Delhi Capitals (DC ...

The initiative aims to maintain fairness and restore balance between bat and ball. Umpires are now authorized to inspect bats during matches to verify that they conform to size standards.

"Color Up My World" singer Hailey Whitters will forever look before she sits after encountering a bat in an unlikely spot: Her toilet. The country singer took part in a TikTok trend — "He/she ...

Is it the bat or the confidence that a bat that looks like a torpedo gives? Anthony Volpe isn’t quite sure just yet, but after hitting two home runs in his first two games of the season with the ...

The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the league's hottest offenses and they've been getting the job done without using the newly designed torpedo bat for most of the season. The New York Yankees ...

There are bat flips, and then there are bat flips. And then there's whatever it is Boston Red Sox prospect Andy Lugo did on Saturday. Look at this. That bat couldn't be much higher in the sky ...

"He thought he was having a girl." But Harper came to the plate with a blue bat. "He was pretty happy." Turner and Harper had also been teammates in Washington, D.C. with the Nationals before ...

As a result, the baseball industry and an astonishingly wide audience beyond it have taken an immense interest in the origins of this bat innovation and how it might impact the game moving forward.