June 3rd, 2003, 04:37 PM
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Sosa caught with corked bat...
Just thrown out the game versus Tampa Bay...
Hmmmm....
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June 3rd, 2003, 04:47 PM
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June 3rd, 2003, 04:54 PM
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June 3rd, 2003, 05:49 PM
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Re: Sosa caught with corked bat...
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Originally posted by Alan
Just thrown out the game versus Tampa Bay...
Hmmmm....
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Very ironic given the new steroid policy in baseball these days. Purely coincidental, I’m sure. |
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June 3rd, 2003, 05:57 PM
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I remember reading an article just a few weeks ago that said corked bats do not add any extra power.....let me try to find it
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June 3rd, 2003, 07:33 PM
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Homey don't play that!
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Corked bats don't add power, thay add bat speed.
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June 3rd, 2003, 07:34 PM
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Sammy says that "he strong" he dont need cork. LOL
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June 3rd, 2003, 07:39 PM
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I just watched his press conference after the Cubs game. He claims he grabbed the wrong bat. I almost believe him. It was a very bad cork job. You see bats break all the time, but never longitudinally like Sammy's did (usually they're breaking across where a circular band would be drawn). Dave Otto (the post-game host) said often players goof around with such bats in batting practice.
MLB supposedly took all of Sosa's bats. He claims they won't find any problems with his other bats.
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June 3rd, 2003, 07:43 PM
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I beleive him. If anyone was so stupid as to try to get away with a corked bat, with the frequency that they break, they must be fooling themselves. Sammy is smarter than that, and if he did it before it would have happened a long time ago.
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June 3rd, 2003, 08:21 PM
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I believe Sammy. You can't use cork bats in games because they will break
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June 3rd, 2003, 08:49 PM
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Hey Sammy....................
How many of those 500 were cork jobs? Does that taint his achievements? Methinks Sammy has Cork for a brain.
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June 3rd, 2003, 09:17 PM
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Homey don't play that!
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"Biesbol treat me berry good."
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June 3rd, 2003, 10:26 PM
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Sammy's explanantion seems reasonable, but dont you think he would have a distinguishable mark on the corked bat that he only uses for BP just so things like this do not happen?
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June 3rd, 2003, 10:45 PM
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Why would you need a corked bat for practice?
Is it to just make yourself feel better or are you really practicing? Why practice with equipment you can never use? It can't do any good.
Might as well play a video game for practice. The benefit would seem equal.
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June 3rd, 2003, 11:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Matrix31
Sammy's explanantion seems reasonable, but dont you think he would have a distinguishable mark on the corked bat that he only uses for BP just so things like this do not happen?
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They showed on ESPNews that there was a "C" on top of Sosa's bat. They said it meant "corked", but I couldn't tell if they were serious or not.
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