Pete Rose's Corked Bat (X-Ray)

[Elwood]

Pretty cool article.

 

http://deadspin.com/5555714/this-is-pete-roses-corked-bat

[J.R.]

Rose is one of my all-time favorites. I am also a fan of Sammy Sosa.

[hardcorecubfan]

wether it is or isn't it just pus him a lot farther from the HOF and devalues my Pete Rose rookie card even more....any takers?

[erik316wttn]

wether it is or isn't it just pus him a lot farther from the HOF and devalues my Pete Rose rookie card even more....any takers?

 

10 bucks.

[cheapseats]

At least the article mentions (albeit in passing) that corked bats don't help hitters at all.

 

Yes, MLB hitters think corking helps.

No, it doesn't help.

Yes, if a batter corks, his intention is to get an advantage, even if it doesn't work.

 

RE: Sammy Sosa

He meant to cheat, but by corking he was actually hurting his own cause.

In all the sensationalistic ESPN coverage, I never heard mention of the fact that MLB actually commissioned a physics professor to study corking. MLB knows it doesn't present an advantage, but there's still a rule against it anyway. Corking is just as irrelevant as pine tar.