How Wood Bats Are Corked

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Tip 1 - Does a corked bat really hit a ball farther?

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Nakano 2k 1 | permalink

Does a corked bat really hit a ball farther? Find out whether a corked bat really can hit a ball farther in this article from HowStuffWorks.
Tags: baseball, game, sports

For further reading: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/corked-bat-hit-ball-farther.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - Corked Bat Makes Baseball Fly Farther

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mike Rothstein | permalink

You may have heard the myth: A corked bat makes a baseball fly farther. So does cork equal clout? Learn whether a corked bat makes a baseball fly farther.
Tags: myth, corked bat, baseball, fly, farther, mythbusters

For further reading: http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/corked-bat-makes-baseball-fly-farther/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Cork a Bat: The Inside Story

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by knarfenstein | permalink

LEAD: In recent years in baseball, doctored bats have not been as prominent as doctored balls. Perhaps that's because it's harder to detect something that is inside a bat than something that is on the outside of a ball. Doctoring a bat is also more difficult than doctoring a ball.
Tags: BASEBALL

For further reading: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/08/sports/how-to-cork-a-bat-the-inside-story.html ^[3]