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MLB says Yankees’ new “torpedo bats” are legal and likely coming

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302 points cf100clunk | 3 comments | 31 Mar 25 15:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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koolba ◴[31 Mar 25 16:22 UTC] No.43536775[source]▶
Did it really take 125+ years for someone to realize the bat does not need to evenly taper? This seems like some seriously low lying fruit.
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1. abfan1127 ◴[31 Mar 25 16:26 UTC] No.43536829[source]▶
its less about even taper and more about moving weight/center of mass around. Youth bats have been doing that for quite a while. Camwood bats is a great example of moving weight around. In their case, its a training bat.
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2. koolba ◴[31 Mar 25 16:27 UTC] No.43536837[source]▶
Can you take it a step further with uneven wood density?

Like growing the tree with part of the branch under compression.

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3. sib ◴[31 Mar 25 16:34 UTC] No.43536926[source]▶
Oh, I like this. Feels like something you'd see in NPB with teams recruiting Bonsai masters to grow bats.