Major League Baseball has found itself at the center of a heated discussion as a new bat design—nicknamed the torpedo ...

But after dozens of swings in the cage, where he said the balance was better, the ball sounded more crisp off the bat, the left-handed hitter ordered on the spot four custom-crafted torpedo bats ...

"I am so grateful to my loving wife who gave birth to our healthy, beautiful daughter," the Japanese star wrote on social ...