{"id":3925924,"date":"2026-05-13T11:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/torpedo-bats-may-shift-baseballs-sweet-spot-acoustic-analysis-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:03:19","slug":"torpedo-bats-may-shift-baseballs-sweet-spot-acoustic-analysis-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/torpedo-bats-may-shift-baseballs-sweet-spot-acoustic-analysis-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Torpedo bats may shift baseball&#8217;s sweet spot, acoustic analysis shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In the spring of 2025, baseball fans were treated to a surprise when the New York Yankees began the season with a unique style of bat. Termed &#8220;torpedo bats,&#8221; these new designs tapered slightly toward the end, so the widest points of the bats were closer to the &#8220;sweet spot&#8221;\u2014the optimal place to hit to send the ball flying. In theory, this shape was more ergonomic, giving the Yankees an advantage at the plate.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-torpedo-shift-baseball-sweet-acoustic.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spring of 2025, baseball fans were treated to a surprise when the New York Yankees began the season with a unique style of bat. Termed &#8220;torpedo bats,&#8221; these new designs tapered slightly toward the end, so the widest points of the bats were closer to the &#8220;sweet spot&#8221;\u2014the optimal place to hit to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3925924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-in-physics","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3925924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3925924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3925924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3925924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}