2007-11-04 13:02:01 · 12 answers · asked by Richard H 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
myth busters say nothing
2007-11-04 13:06:31 · answer #1 · answered by Detroit fan stuck in California 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well a corked bat is a lighter bat, and it can help you swing, but if you use it in game play, even in Major Lague Baseball, I am not sue about in other leagues, you will be in trouble if you are caught using a corked bat, and you will earn yourself an ejection from the game, and look at a suspention, of who knows how many games, and even the point of appealing the suspetion, and hoping to have a game or 2 taken off. Now I wouldn't know the difference between a corked bat, and a regular bat, but I would think that you couldn't get in to much trouble, if you become come across a bat that you beleieve to be corked, and you call a time out, and showed an umpire.
2007-11-04 14:33:51 · answer #2 · answered by staggmovie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In reality it changes the weight of the bat (lowering it ) without changing the mass of the bat. Bat speed is one of the most important aspects of hitting a baseball. A regular light bat has less mass ( more weight equals more mass) than a heavier bat. A player can take a 33 ounce bat and drill a hole in the top of the barrell and fill it with cork and then seal it. The bat might now be 31 ounces with the same mass of the 33 ounce bat. This increases bat speed without sacrificing the hitting area of the barrell.
We use to put mercury in aluminum bats and it did increase the distance a ball would go off it.
2007-11-04 14:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by marissa'sman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Corking might have helped 40 yrs ago when players used 40 oz bats. They could get a huge 44 oz bat, cork it to make it 40 and hit with a lot of bat surface. Todays bats are a lot smaller and the loss of mass wouldn't be overcome by the higher bats speed.
2007-11-04 17:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by Minister of Truth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although Mythbusters did say nothing, it was believed that it worked much like a double walled aluminum softball bat. That when it hits the ball the wood would give then spring back causing the ball to travel further. Also there would be an increase in bat speed due to the lighter cork.
2007-11-04 13:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by harbor9 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well when you get busted with a corked bat (by breaking it on the field), you can sell the cork to Champaigne distributors who in turn can distribute it to the Red Sox for their World Series celebrations. Then you are helping baseball while you are also getting money from the cork you sold. You'll need something while you are suspended.
2007-11-04 13:13:13 · answer #6 · answered by dragonslayer_74 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Myth Busters said that the NON-corked bat performed better for long hits.
2007-11-04 13:07:40 · answer #7 · answered by croozn2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lighter bat, witht the same pop as a regular bat
2007-11-08 12:45:13 · answer #8 · answered by trapper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone knows your name- Sammy Sosa.
2007-11-04 13:32:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it does do something if it did not have any effect they wouldn't ban it. What i always heard is that it make the ball travel further.
2007-11-04 13:22:06 · answer #10 · answered by clyde 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's lighter, so it increases your swing speed.
2007-11-04 13:07:52 · answer #11 · answered by Crusader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋