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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 12:43 PM #41
    slydevl

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    Aluminum bats are lighter than wood and have a recoil effect because they are hollow.
     
  2. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:44 PM #42
    Ssstern

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    And they go"PING"!:D
     
  3. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:56 PM #43
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    But aluminum is more dense than wood, right?
     
  4. Jun 4, 2003 at 12:56 PM #44
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  5. Jun 4, 2003 at 1:42 PM #45
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    And it is more dense.

    The link I provided gives other reasons.

    "The natural frequency of wooden bats is around 250 cycles per second, or 250 Hertz. Because the ball leaves the bat so soon (a millisecond), the energy transfer to the ball is not too efficient. If the bat has been hollowed and corked, it's no longer as stiff, and it will get an even lower natural frequency and an even less efficient transfer of energy to the bat. The baseball bounces off the bat, faster than the cork can store the energy that could be put back in the ball. The cork might deaden the sound of a hollowed out bat, but it doesn't propel the ball. It can't. So, balls hit with corked bats don't go as far."



    And yall thought you'd never need to use Physics. SCIENCE NERDS OF THE WORLD UNITE!
     
  6. Jun 4, 2003 at 1:48 PM #46
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    Just like Dave!






























































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  7. Jun 4, 2003 at 1:49 PM #47
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    No. It doesn't make up the distance lost. If this were true, everyone would use lighter bats.

    One of the reasons guys use heavier bats, other than having a larger sweet spot, is that the heavier bat will allow you to hit farther with the same amount of force.

    What corking bats can do is allow you to make more contact by increasing bat speed without decreasing surface area. Bat speed is faster, meaning you catch up to more pitches, meaning more contact.
     
  8. Jun 4, 2003 at 1:53 PM #48
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    While all that's true, Mark McGuire used a relatively light bat. He made it work, though.
     
  9. Jun 4, 2003 at 1:56 PM #49
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    so does barry bonds. swings a 31 oz bat
     
  10. Jun 4, 2003 at 1:57 PM #50
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    So is SportsCenter wrong? :confused:
     
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