The "torpedo" bat has taken the baseball world by storm. New York Yankees infielders Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. broke them out over the weekend and each smacked a home run to help the Yankees hit a franchise-record nine long balls in a single game Saturday.
Chisholm hit two more homers the next day, saying the new bat gave him "extra confidence" that he can go out and hit anything. The Yankees' home-run party quickly spread the unusual-looking twigs across the MLB, with the Atlanta Braves putting in their own order for the custom bats according to ESPN's Buster Olney.
