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Los Angeles Times |
“Now my job is to make sure the bats don’t break anymore, make sure the ball goes farther,” Gagné said in a phone interview this week.
U.S. News & World Report |
Costantini had a similar process and thought the hype surrounding the torpedo since it exploded into the baseball consciousness over the weekend was a “hoax.”
Bleacher Report |
A bat model that is thickest where the hitter is most likely to make contact? It's such a simple concept, and the early returns suggest it really is effective.

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