For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in ...

Opening weekend of the MLB season and all the buzz was about one surprising star: torpedo bats. Who knew they were made right ...

The bats are designed to be skinnier at the top end, with noticeably more wood in the area around the label (where the hitter ...

Here's what we know. Story continues after photo gallery. Unlike a traditional swatter, a torpedo bat has more wood at the barrel, closer toward the label. This creates a larger area at the spot where ...

Those conversations helped create a shape — resembling a bowling pin, with a thicker middle and a tapered barrel — that the ...