major league baseball

The Launch of the Torpedo Bat

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The New York Yankees have always liked size: big stars, big contracts, big games, big bodies. A short porch in right field, sure—but all the better for hitting big bombs. So perhaps it’s not surprising that, in 2023, when Aaron Leanhardt, who was, at the time, a minor-league hitting coördinator for the team, asked players … Read more

Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point

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Keith Meister, in the operating room of his private practice, draws a six-centimetre line on the elbow of a baseball pitcher. He slices the elbow open and stares into a mix of ligaments, tendons, and bone—any of which could be severely injured or disfigured. He pulls the player’s skin taut with a two-pronged retractor, then … Read more