Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says torpedo bats are "absolutely good for baseball" after the bats rose to prominence last week following a battery of home runs by the New York Yankees.
"I believe that issues like the torpedo bat and the debate around it demonstrate the fact that baseball still occupies a unique place in our culture," Manfred told The New York Times in a Q&A published Sunday, "because people get into a complete frenzy over something that's really nothing at the end of the day. The bats comply with the rules.