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Sosa caught with cork in his bat

Discussion in 'MLB - Baseball Forum' started by K-Town-Yankee, Jun 3, 2003.

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  1. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:32 PM #31
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    Flubber was also the name of DaveW's last girlfriend
     
  2. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:33 PM #32
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    I remember reading a report on this a while back, but I can't remember: do they not use aluminum bats in the majors because of the purity of the game or because of injury concerns?
     
  3. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:34 PM #33
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    Yeah, whatever happened to ol' FlubberBryant?
     
  4. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:35 PM #34
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    flubber? I dont even know her
     
  5. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:36 PM #35
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    because pitchers, third and first baseman would be getting killed.
     
  6. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:36 PM #36
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    I thought you'd said you'd lobster and then you flounder?
     
  7. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:38 PM #37
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    So you're agreeing with Piper that a more dense bat (like aluminum) transfers more kinetic energy to a hit ball than a less dense bat (like wood) and therefore an even less-dense bat (like corked wood)?
     
  8. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:40 PM #38
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    metal is harder than wood
     
  9. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:41 PM #39
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    Is the arguement that the more dense the bat is the farther the ball will go, or because the bat is lighter the harder the batter will swing?
     
  10. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:42 PM #40
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    The ball may go comparable less distance at the same swing speed. You increase the swing speed, you will increase the velocity of the ball coming off the bat and gain more distance. Does this work? The same reason you use a heavier bat or "donut" on the end of the bat on deck- to make it easier to swing when get your normal weighted bat at the plate.
     
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