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haha! Samy Sosa ejected for corked bat!
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| occrider |
| Riiiggghhhttt his "practice" bat got mixed in with his game bat. |
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| Trancewave |
| LOL!!! :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: |
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| DarkTrance |
| I love the cubs, hate sammy sosa |
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| 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. |
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| USMC_Greg |
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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| occrider |
| quote: | 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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| Z1D |
| LOL, like 80% of the MLB is on some sort of steroids |
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| Busy Child |
| all of sosa's homerums clear the wall easily . . .the man doesnt need a cork filled bat to make it. |
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| King_Mack |
| hahahaha thats too funny! |
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| Shakka |
| 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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| starglider |
| quote: | 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... |
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