Serve by Design

The New York Yankees launched their 2025 baseball season with a bang! They hit fifteen home runs in their three-game opener with the Milwaukee Brewers. On Saturday, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and Aaron Judge blasted back-to-back homers to begin the game! Later, it was revealed that Goldschmidt and Bellinger were using a newly created bat (MLB approved!) that has been nicknamed, “The Torpedo Bat!” Aaron Leanhardt, a former Yankee’s analyst, is credited with designing the bat that looks somewhat like a bowling pin with a big knobby handle and a barrel that is customized per the individual athlete’s preferences. This creation puts the bulk and weight of the wood at the end of the bat. The Yankees swept the series with Milwaukee and some of the Bronx Bombers could say it was because of this new piece of “baseball lumber!” Time will tell if this new offensive tool is the result of fact and science or just another passing fad. I do know by experience that baseball players are often su...