Sosa caught with corked bat.. and ejected

[dmyre]

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/n...nt_id=353267&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

[shortcutgramp]

Thank i heard them talking but didnt get the whole story

 

[Spider]

Yes, I am very sad.

 

[Spider]

Could I possibly get a free avatar change? How about it Mods!

 

[Keith]

What a shame.

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by jh3
Could I possibly get a free avatar change? How about it Mods!

Here is 400 DNF $ coming your way!! That should help you "make the change"...

 

[Spider]

Thanks izopod. I just read Sosa's statement and I believe him so I will not be changing my icon. 400 DNF coming back your way.

 

[Cash Is King]

I believe Sosa as well, however am interested in who actually injected the liquid cork in the bat. I wonder if he did it himself?

 

[Spider]

He said he uses it for batting practice before the game to give fans the WOW they want. I doubt he did it but probably any bat company could cork it for him.

 

[mole]

Dang, I thought jh3 was Sosa :dead:

 

[RMF]

I just wonder how many times he "took the wrong bat" before....

RMF

 

[sicomp]

This is a piece of an article from: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...olumn,1,5517979.column?coll=cs-cubs-headlines

You can read the rest of the article there if you'd like

Yet some question whether cork really does make the ball jump off the bat.

"What it does is reduce weight, which produces quicker bat speeds," Chuck Schupp, an executive with Louisville Slugger, once said. "But it also reduces mass, so the bat doesn't drive the ball as far."

Yale physics professor Robert Adair agreed.

"A corked bat will increase bat speed but won't hit the ball as far," he said. "You also reduce the length of the sweet spot. How far you hit a ball depends on mass. … At a given speed, a light bat won't hit a ball as far as a heavy one."

 

[GT Web]

as a baseball fan I am shocked, but this thing will die down, it always does, Sosa will be suspended for 8 games or so, he will come back, hit a few bombs and MOST of this will be forgotten

 

[Spider]

76 bats siezed right after the incident, 76 bats clean. I believe Sosa, this was a WOW bat, used only for batting practice homeruns.

 

[dmyre]

I just heard that as well. That's good to know...

There's no need to change the avatar now

 

[domnet]

You guys buy it? I mean the guy was like 1 for 15 and was in need for a little help.

 

[Spider]

I bought it, and so do all Sosa fans. Slumps are natural, happen to everyone every year. There is no reason for someone with 505 homeruns to need to use a corked bat in a live game, ever.

 

[timechange.com]

Jason your avatar is now as funny as mine

 

[Cash Is King]

Originally posted by domnet
You guys buy it? I mean the guy was like 1 for 15 and was in need for a little help.

Remember he was on the 15 day disabled list. Anyone would be rusty for a little bit.

 

[Spider]

and his toe is still messed up, 15 days aint going to heal a missing toe nail.