The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands.

There have many reports recently about a new trend that has started making waves in Major League Baseball (MLB): the torpedo bat.

While baseball can sometimes be on the sporting back burner, torpedo bats have captured everyone's attention. What's going on.

Major League Baseball is buzzing over torpedo bats. Here's an inside look at the demand for the bats, and how one factory is trying to keep up.

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.

MINNEAPOLIS — Zach Dezenzo was rehabbing an injury at the Houston Astros’ minor-league facility in Florida last season when he first beheld a bat that he still thinks “looks weird.” Its barrel bulged and tapered into a skinner end. Its shape resembled that of a bowling pin.

After the new design erupted into the public’s attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest.

The new bats caused excitement when New York Yankees hitters clobbered home runs with them opening weekend, and that has some Portland players eager to give the torpedo bat some swings.