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“I think it’s terrible,’’ Milwaukee Brewers reliever Trevor Megill told Dan Martin of the New York Post.
USA Today |
The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight redistributed toward the label − were thought to have aided the Yankees as they crushed 15 home runs in their three-game set a...
The New York Times |
The New York Yankees’ bats were certainly alive during Saturday’s 20-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Brewers' Trevor Megill rails against Yankees' newly designed 'torpedo' bats: 'I think it's terrible'
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Yankees’ uniquely designed new bats draw attention during 9-homer barrage
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Yankees takeaways: Stellar start about more than ‘torpedo’ bats
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Brewers closer fumes over Yankees’ new ‘bowling pin’ bats: ‘Never seen anything like it’
That was Megill on Sunday morning, a day after the Yankees clobbered nine home runs — five with the torpedo-shaped bat. Then the Yankees went out and hit four more — two coming off Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s new-look bat — in a 12-3 pounding of the Brewers .
Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton shuts down torpedo bat injury question
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is not connecting the torpedo bats to his elbow injury delaying his season debut.
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