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Swing and a miss $120 million Red Sox signing hints at torpedo switch as Dave Portnoy crusades against ‘Godzilla bats’
Red Sox fan Dave Portnoy has begun a crusade against the torpedo bat trend popularized by the Yankees that’s taking MLB by storm, just as an All-Star on his favorite team hinted that he was jumping on the bandwagon.
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