Corked bat
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corked-bat-247-12196093
title:
Corked bat
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In baseball, a corked bat is a specially modified baseball bat that has been filled with cork or other lighter, less dense substances to make the bat lighter. A lighter bat gives a hitter a quicker swing and may improve the hitter's timing. Despite popular belief that corking a bat creates a "trampoline effect" causing a batted ball to travel farther, physics researchers have shown that this is not the case. In Major League Baseball, modifying a bat with foreign substances and using it in play i
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Illegally modified baseball bat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corked_bat
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2024-02-29T01:17:00Z
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