>
> >George:
> >> The reason the majors don't allow aluminum bats is
> >> that the parks are too small, so it is said. Were
> >> it not for the sound, I suppose it would constitute
> >> the perfect "corked" bat....
> >
> >"They" have already gone to graphite and such.
> >
> >What's lost in the whole discussion here is:
> >
> >Who corked Sammy's bat, what did they use for a
> >"cork", and how exactly did they f*ck up?
>
> I would like to know how it was done as well.
> The cork was right above the handle.
> Was it put in from the top or bottom?
> How big a piece?
> Is it easy to cork a bat?
> Doesn't it make it weaker?
>
Usually they use a painted bat so disguising it won't be as much of a problem:
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Robert Adair's reasoning why it doesn't work:
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