Tucci is the founder and owner of Tucci bats, one of the preferred wooden bat manufacturers among major league players, so he is accustomed to being on call to hitters who are certain a slight shift will make the difference.

It makes sense, then, that the talk around Major League Baseball after Opening Weekend concerned not a player or a team, a play or a result, but a piece of lumber: the torpedo bat. After speaking on Monday with various front-office personnel,

To torpedo or not to torpedo. That’s what Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was deciding on Wednesday night as the Braves were clinging to a 5-3 lead in the eighth inning. After starting the game 0-for-3, and 2-for-25 for the season,

Based on Max Muncy's game-tying double against the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers' third baseman isn't a fan of the 'torpedo' bats.