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MLA Full: "The MIT Physicist Who Broke Baseball." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 14 July 2025, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne1sRw95ZQI.
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Chicago Full: SciShow, "The MIT Physicist Who Broke Baseball.", July 14, 2025, YouTube, 07:26,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ne1sRw95ZQI.
On their opening weekend in March 2025, the New York Yankees hit 15 home runs. And the so-called torpedo bats they used to do it have real science behind them, thanks to MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt. But how good are they really? In this video, we'll explain the physics behind the bat that broke baseball.





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