Victus Sports in King of Prussia whips up the bat, which the MLB says is legal. The bat, shaped more like an upside-down bowling pin, adds more wood to the sweet spot, boosting power to that area.

Torpedo bats have been a hit among Major League Baseball players. The MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel have become the talk of the town after the New York Yankees ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — After nearly 150 years of professional baseball, the traditional wood baseball bat is getting a makeover, and the early returns have been eye-popping. A handful of New York ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports last week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus, he just had to take some ...

So Victus got back to work and redistributed the wood in Volpe's birch bat. That second version of the torpedo bat is the model that Volpe used to hit three home runs in his first four games of ...

MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is ...

The ‘Torpedo’ bat is all the craze. It’s made Victus Bats in King of Prussia, Pa., the focus of the baseball world.

Victus, as dialed-in as anyone in the bat game, only made about a dozen last season, and about a dozen more birch or maple bats this spring. This week alone, try hundreds of torpedoes.

Victus, as dialed-in as anyone in the bat game, only made about a dozen last season, and about a dozen more birch or maple bats this spring. This week alone, try hundreds of torpedoes.