{"681890":{"#nid":"681890","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Generating Buzz: The Torpedo Bat \u2014 A Trend or New Standard in Major League Baseball?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBaseball\u0026nbsp;season is underway, and it\u2019s not a surprise that\u0026nbsp;the New York Yankees\u0026nbsp;are among the league leaders in hits and home runs.\u0026nbsp;But\u0026nbsp;how\u0026nbsp;they\u2019re doing\u0026nbsp;it has\u0026nbsp;become the biggest storyline in the sport.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeveral Yankee sluggers were swinging a new style of bat, dubbed the torpedo bat, on March\u0026nbsp;29,\u0026nbsp;when the team hit nine home runs, and the trend quickly caught on around the league.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaterials and manufacturers may vary, but the design of a baseball bat has remained relatively unchanged, so how does the\u0026nbsp;torpedo bat compare to\u0026nbsp;other\u0026nbsp;game-changing innovations in sports history?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/jud-ready\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJud Ready\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;associate\u0026nbsp;director for external\u0026nbsp;engagement\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;the Institute for Matter and Systems and the creator of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/news\/using-advanced-3d-printing-undergrad-designs-adjustable-golf-putter\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaterials Science and Engineering of Sports course \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Eat Georgia Tech, shares his thoughts on\u0026nbsp;the bat\u0026nbsp;and how the Institute is\u0026nbsp;using\u0026nbsp;technology to create change in sports.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2025\/04\/generating-buzz-torpedo-bat-trend-or-new-standard-major-league-baseball\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EListen to the conversation in the Georgia Tech news center.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/jud-ready\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJud Ready\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;associate\u0026nbsp;director for external\u0026nbsp;engagement\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;the Institute for Matter and Systems and the creator of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/news\/using-advanced-3d-printing-undergrad-designs-adjustable-golf-putter\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaterials Science and Engineering of Sports course \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Eat Georgia Tech, shares his thoughts on\u0026nbsp;the bat\u0026nbsp;and how the Institute is\u0026nbsp;using\u0026nbsp;technology to create change in sports.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jud Ready shares his thoughts on\u00a0the torpedo bat\u00a0and how the Institute is\u00a0using\u00a0technology to create change in sports."}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2025-04-17 19:35:58","changed_gmt":"2025-04-17 19:37:46","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676866":{"id":"676866","type":"image","title":"GettyImages-523786554-copy.jpg","body":null,"created":"1744918638","gmt_created":"2025-04-17 19:37:18","changed":"1744918638","gmt_changed":"2025-04-17 19:37:18","alt":"A pile of baseball bats","file":{"fid":"260712","name":"GettyImages-523786554-copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/17\/GettyImages-523786554-copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/17\/GettyImages-523786554-copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":460919,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/17\/GettyImages-523786554-copy.jpg?itok=wVofAogs"}}},"media_ids":["676866"],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteven Gagliano\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}