re: Proof that Mickey Mantle corked his bats

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Lol at mythbusters.

I've hit BP with a corked bat, it definitely helps.

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Corked bats are one of the most notorious examples of baseball cheating, but the researchers suggest it might not do much good: When testing corked bats, Nathan and his team found that instead of adding more trampoline effect, corking a wooden bat actually decreased it. "What you gain in higher bat speed, you lose in a less effective collision," Nathan says. "It does not lead to a higher batted ball speed." And because the bat is lighter, balls hit with a corked bat don't travel as far, he says. However, the lighter weight of a corked bat may allow hitters to get to pitches they might not otherwise hit with a standard bat.

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