oh man.. i love this!! i'm gonna watch espn till i see more of it
finally! soso sosa is goin down!! i hope he leaves baseball forever
finally! soso sosa is goin down!! i hope he leaves baseball forever
ya, i think so. but no one knows for sure.
but it would give him a longer bat with less weight meaning better coverage and faster bat speed.
thank you.
it's about being able to pull the ball vs sending it the other way. and even when you do send it the other way, you'll have more bat speed, sending the ball farther out.
For every one that gets caught, 3 or 4 slide by I bet.
He just got unlucky.
No Hall of Fame for him.
He just got unlucky.
No Hall of Fame for him.
Not if it's surrounded by wood. Not like the wood would bend with any significance to make a difference.
That's not true. Any tennis player will tell you if the string are tighter (more tension), you get more control. If the strings are looser (less tension), you get more power.
He's now claiming that he uses cork for HR competitions, and accidentally picked it up for tonight's game, and that he's never used cork before in a game. Sounds believable considering I doubt he's never had a broken bat before, and if he had, he'd be found. But nice PR move anyway, maybe he can weasel his way out of this one.
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didn't see it but the cork does lessen the structural integrity of the wood so you are more likely to break the bat.
like i said tho, barry actually uses a heavier, harder bat than the kind most of the league uses. he is such a great hitter tho that if he gets a pitch to hit he gets to it and puts it in play rather than fouling it off like a lot of hitters do. he obviously doesn't have a problem getting around to the ball, so the harder wood gives him more pop than he would with a northern ash bat.
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I'm not a huge fan of Sammy or anything (twins fan), but this can't be good for the game. It's really hard to believe this is the first time he's used a corked bat.
That's what i'm not entirely understanding why he used cork. The heavier the wood, would mean the more momentum he'll have on a swing...
momentum = mass*velocity
Lighter bat, faster swing, more momentum. Heavier bat, slower swing, more momentum. I believe the advantage is that you can get to the ball quicker with a corked (or aluminum) bat, therefore letting you look at the pitch a bit longer than with a harder, heavier bat:
Lets assume that the average time a ball travels from the pitcher's hand to the plate in about .46 seconds (assuming an average fastball travels 90mph and the distance between the plate and the pitcher's mound is 60'6''). If a bat's weight is reduced from 38 ounces to 32 ounces, the average time gained would be about 0.0133 seconds. By drilling a hole into the 32-ounce bat, thus reducing the weight by 1.5 ounces, the time gain would be 0.005 seconds. Does this time gain justify using a lighter bat? Who knows.
Really? I'd say the ratio is more like 20 to 1. Baseball is so corrupt it's not even funny.
But considering it was McGwire's and Sammy's 'roid-powered HR race that saved baseball after the strike I can't imagine the powers that be cleaning up the game any time soon. It doesn't take a genius to work out the equation:
more drugs & cheatin = more HRs = more ticket sales = more $$$$
It doesn't... look here A Study of the Barrel Constructions of Baseball Bats
Even if you look at websites selling laminated by, they'll mention how much more durable they are, but won't mention a performance increase. Example
BTW, that studies talk about corked bats as well... very interesting.
EDIT: Here's another quote from that study:
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imagine getting a heavy bat around on a 97 mph fastball and then getting a lighter bat around on it. much easier to move the lighter bat in time than a heavier bat. thats a reason why i don't buy the corked bat used for home run exhibitions argument. in an exhibition he knows exactly what is coming so using a denser bat instead of one he can whip around faster would be better since more energy is imparted to the ball with the denser bat.
Yeah, i understand now. I'm not a big ball player, so i didn't know that extra 1/10 of a second to see where the ball is going is important.
For those of you too lazy to look at links, here's the breakdown of corking a bat:
you drill a 7-ish inch long by 1/2-5/8 inch wide hole down your bat. The cork doesn't really serve an important purpose, nor do the superballs some people put in the bats; they're just supposed to make the bat not sound hollow. Then you patch it up.
Now the advantage, surprisingly enough, isn't really well worked out. Some people say you get a tiny bit more elasticity in the bat when it's corked, which is reasonable when you consider you're dealing with objects moving at 100 mph with significant weight. The more common explanation is that you get a lighter bat with the same size as a heavy bat, and the weight distribution is then such that you hit the ball farther.
That you hit the ball farther is only debated by the sorts of people who believe that a) you can't throw a rising fastball, b) a curveball never breaks more than 4 inches, and c) you lose time sliding headfirst into home--that is to say people who ignore the empirical (sp) evidence to the contrary. To quote Harold Reynolds, who ought to know, "I hit with a corked bat in BP once and I felt like superman."
you drill a 7-ish inch long by 1/2-5/8 inch wide hole down your bat. The cork doesn't really serve an important purpose, nor do the superballs some people put in the bats; they're just supposed to make the bat not sound hollow. Then you patch it up.
Now the advantage, surprisingly enough, isn't really well worked out. Some people say you get a tiny bit more elasticity in the bat when it's corked, which is reasonable when you consider you're dealing with objects moving at 100 mph with significant weight. The more common explanation is that you get a lighter bat with the same size as a heavy bat, and the weight distribution is then such that you hit the ball farther.
That you hit the ball farther is only debated by the sorts of people who believe that a) you can't throw a rising fastball, b) a curveball never breaks more than 4 inches, and c) you lose time sliding headfirst into home--that is to say people who ignore the empirical (sp) evidence to the contrary. To quote Harold Reynolds, who ought to know, "I hit with a corked bat in BP once and I felt like superman."
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