http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0603/1562772.html

D'oh!

Riiiggghhhttt his "practice" bat got mixed in with his game bat.

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LOL!!!

I love the cubs, hate sammy sosa

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I actually believe him. I mean first of all he's got some big guns and he doesnt need them. Secondly unless he's started recently(like this season) he would probably have broken one a long while back. Lastly I was watching espn and they mentioned some book that a guy had written called "The physics of baseball" and the guy examined what effect the corked bat would have, and came to the conclusion that it can't add more than a few feet to your hits, so most of his homers would be homers anyways. Besides he's a nice guy, and he seems pretty decent, its certantly plausible.

But we'll know for sure in a few weeks because mlb took all his other bats he had at the stadium, if there all corked than he's in a lot of trouble.

Baseball players are alot like hockey players --they use their favorite bats/sticks and keep just the way they want them.

This incident is really similar to the 1993 Stanley Cup finals --LA vs Montreal. McSorley got caught with an illegal curve on his stick. Do you think he "didn't know" or accidently used a "practice stick"? Hell no! He cost LA the Stanley Cup because of this.

To relate this to baseball, every player customizes the bats to their liking. Every bat is given a rank from best to worst. When a ball player goes to pick up a bat off his shelf he goes for the one he thinks is the best. He knows what each bat is.


Also, what the hell would he be doing with a corked practice bat anyway?

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Originally posted by Nadi I actually believe him. I mean first of all he's got some big guns and he doesnt need them. Secondly unless he's started recently(like this season) he would probably have broken one a long while back. Lastly I was watching espn and they mentioned some book that a guy had written called "The physics of baseball" and the guy examined what effect the corked bat would have, and came to the conclusion that it can't add more than a few feet to your hits, so most of his homers would be homers anyways. Besides he's a nice guy, and he seems pretty decent, its certantly plausible. But we'll know for sure in a few weeks because mlb took all his other bats he had at the stadium, if there all corked than he's in a lot of trouble.

Wasn't there an incident recentely between sosa and drugs? I heard that there was some question as to his status as being drug free. Apparentely, after a game at a press conference he told everyone that he would take a drug test any time any place ... so a reporter said "how about now?" and sammy completely cursed him out or blew him off. Not sure if it's true, but I heard it from someone.

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LOL, like 80% of the MLB is on some sort of steroids

all of sosa's homerums clear the wall easily . . .the man doesnt need a cork filled bat to make it.

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hahahaha thats too funny!

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Wouldn't a corked bat theoretically allow him to swing a bigger bat since the weight would be less due to the corkage?

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Originally posted by Shakka Wouldn't a corked bat theoretically allow him to swing a bigger bat since the weight would be less due to the corkage?

Not only does the cork make it lighter, it makes it springier too. But I've no idea what the full effect of corking is to be honest...