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  "textContent": "During Major League Baseball's (MLB) opening season in 2025, the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine home runs in a single game. Six of those homers came from players using a unique bowling-pin-shaped bat known as a torpedo bat.\n\nContinue Reading\n\n**Category:** Sports, Consumer Tech, Technology\n\n**Tags:** Baseball, Washington State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois, Sports",
  "title": "Science says: Torpedo bat no better than regular baseball bat"
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