Brayden Girard is enjoying his rookie “year” in the Niagara Five Pin Mixed Bowling League, if you want to call it that. The young St. Catharines fireballer just joined the league at the begi ...

And the Yankees’ power flex went viral even faster because several of their hitters used bats with a barrel shaped like a bowling pin or, well, a torpedo. » READ MORE: Phillies officials to meet with ...

The bowling pin-shaped bats became the talk of the sport after the Yankees' home run onslaught on the first Saturday of the season put it in the spotlight and the buzz hasn't slowed since.

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Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The reconfiguration gives the bat the shape of a torpedo or, as some have pointed out, a bowling pin. Much of the recent credit for the implementation of ...

The design, which shrunk the end of the barrel to pack more weight into the sweet spot, made the bat look like a torpedo or a bowling pin (with the effect of a torpedo for the Yankees).

The design, which shrunk the end of the barrel to pack more weight into the sweet spot, made the bat look like a torpedo or a bowling pin (with the effect of a torpedo for the Yankees).

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 ...

Bats used in those rec leagues — while metal — feature lengthy barrels that taper at the end, looking a bit like a bowling pin. The instant success of the Yankees opened eyes. Expect copycats ...

"Torpedo" bats are untraditional barrel bats that rest closer to a hitter's hand, forming what looks like a bowling-pin-like barrel, according to the MLB. They are customized for each player ...

In creating the "torpedo" bat, also known as the bowling pin bat, the weight of the wood ... While the bats are only now drawing attention, Passan noted that Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton ...

The reconfiguration gives the bat the shape of a torpedo -- or a bowling pin, which doesn't sound nearly as menacing or apropos. Because the Yankees hit bombs with them. Nine of their MLB record ...