First thing’s first. Hate to burst the bubble of all you rocket scientists out there, but the Torpedo Bat is nothing new.

In today’s installment of The Stud 400 we’re visiting with Don Denkinger and Steve Bartman.

The talk of baseball to open the 2025 MLB season has been the use of the Torpedo Bats by the Yankees as they bludgeoned the Brewers pitching staff in a three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium, scoring 36 runs and rocketing 15 home runs; not all were hit with Torpedo Bats.

Happy New Year! That is how baseball people welcome in a new season.

Ask a random fan about the color barrier and they’ll likely tell you that at some point early in the formation of Major League Baseball, Black players were banned from playing and then Jackie Robinson came along, integrating the game for all.

Sculptor Armand LaMontagne was a true American treasure.

The first word today goes to excellent Blue Jays color analyst Buck Martinez, who played 17 years in the majors.

Say you were born in 1883 in the Philadelphia area.