The world of baseball It could be close to a revolution. In the first phase of the season Mlb The sensational results of the Yankees are discussed. The New York franchise has made so far home run And 9 of these arrived in one game, dominated against the Milwaukee Brewers. The record data It is at the center of the Sport Agenda in the United States because it comes out (at least in part) thanks to the use of particular clubs, capable of helping the beats.
The Yankees and the “Supermazze”
In the United States, these clubs are known as “Torpedo Bats” (literally, “Siluro clubs”). This is because, compared to traditional baseball bats, in compliance with the regulation they have an elongated shape and a wider surface immediately above the handle, thus giving an evident advantage. Reason? The player increases, trivially, the chances of hitting the ball well.
To specify is the fact that not everyone is using them: In the Yankees they were tried by Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm but not yet from the superstar Aaron Judge which in the last game scored three of the nine off the pitch with an old -fashioned club.
The explanation
But how it came to “Supermazze”? Yankees analysts have studied all the data relating to Anthony Volpe, noting a player’s trend to hit the balls with the central part of the Mazza. As explained by the CnnThe gimmick is due to Aaron Leanhardt, a former MIT physicist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) entered the Yankees in 2018 to train the beats.
So far, the controversies against the Yankees have exploded in the States. But, In terms of regulation, the problem does not exist. The changes do not violate the indications of the MLB, which clarifies how the bat should be a wooden tool with a diameter not exceeding 2.61 inches (6.62 centimeters) and length less than 42 inches (106.7 centimeters).