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What’s the deal with baseball’s torpedo bats? We visited a top manufacturer in Baton Rouge to find out.

If you’re a baseball fan, then you know it’s impossible to watch a game these days without hearing about torpedo bats, the new bat design giving hitters unforeseen power. But what is it about these ...
The New York Times

Marucci, Victus replace Louisville Slugger as MLB’s official bats: What it means

Louisville Slugger has been synonymous with Major League Baseball for more than 100 years, but now Marucci Sports, a company founded in 2002, has replaced it as MLB’s official bat. “I created (Marucci ...
Nasdaq

Marucci & Victus Brands to Become the Official Bats of Major League Baseball

BATON ROUGE, La., June 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marucci Sports LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fox Factory Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FOXF), announced today that it has entered into a license ...
NOLA.com

Marucci Sports started in a Baton Rouge shed. Here's how it toppled the biggest names in baseball.

Marucci Sports launched two decades ago with a secondhand lathe in a backyard shed, where one of its founders churned out perfectly balanced wooden baseball bats by hand. It's about as old school an ...
NPR

Inside a Louisiana factory making torpedo bats that have become all the rage

Torpedo baseball bats hit it big when the Yankees set a new team record with nine home runs in one game earlier this season. We visit a factory in Louisiana to see what makes them so special. Torpedo ...