There have many reports recently about a new trend that has started making waves in Major League Baseball (MLB): the torpedo bat.

Major League Baseball is buzzing over torpedo bats. Here's an inside look at the demand for the bats, and how one factory is trying to keep up.

The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands.

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.

While baseball can sometimes be on the sporting back burner, torpedo bats have captured everyone's attention. What's going on.

MINNEAPOLIS — Zach Dezenzo was rehabbing an injury at the Houston Astros’ minor-league facility in Florida last season when he first beheld a bat that he still thinks “looks weird.” Its barrel bulged and tapered into a skinner end. Its shape resembled that of a bowling pin.

But all the attention is on torpedo bats, the differently shaped bat that has helped power the Yankees' historic offensive start. On the torpedo bats, the barrel is closer to the label and therefore closer to the batters' hands.

Former physics professor Aaron Leanhardt is credited with the popularization of the lumber used by several New York Yankees during the team’s 15 home run opening series.