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Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton weighs in on torpedo bats: 'You're not going to get the story you're looking for'

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NEW YORK — Revolutionary tech or junk science? Much ado about nothing or the next big trend in baseball?

The truth with torpedo bats, as with most everything, is probably somewhere in between.

Meaningful or not, the new hitting tech has swept across baseball, garnering eyeballs and headlines. The New York Yankees' offensive decimation of an undermanned Brewers pitching staff provided the spark, genuine curiosity the fire. Because even though the misshapen sticks were in use dating to last season, they’ve exploded in popularity over the past week.