“There’s No Way This Is Legal”: Jazz Chisholm Jr. Defends New York Yankees Torpedo Bats That “Idiot’ Fans Want Banned

The New York Yankees are already the winningest and most hated franchise in sports. Now that they have a lineup that can challenge any in baseball and hit nine home runs in a game, fans are flipping out over the new technology that the team has implemented.& & During Saturday’s 20-8 pounding of the Milwaukee Brewers, YES announcer Michael Kay brought Jazz Chisholm’s reconfigured bat to the attention of the viewers.  NY Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. called fans idiots for accusing the team of cheating because some players used a new “torpedo” bat configured within league regulations. (Getty Images/Screenshot) “You see the shape of Chisholm’s bat,” Kay asked his partner in the booth , Paul O’Neil.& & “It’s got a big barrel on it” O’Neil responded.& “The Yankees’ front office, analytics department did a study and had bats made up where they moved a lot of the wood into the label, so the harder part of the bat is going to actually strike the ball,” Kay went on to explain.& Even the most casual baseball fan had to do a double take when they looked at Chisholm’s bat and heard Kay’s commentary.& & Then On Sunday, they hit...