For those of you who are wondering, a corked bat is lighter than a standard
bat (because, as previously described, it's filled with cork rather than
wood), allowing the batter to swing the bat through the strike zone with
greater speed...it's not that the ball will go farther, necessarily, but the
fact that the batter can "catch up" to faster pitches, and also hit the
pitches he makes contact with harder (as his bat is going faster) that makes
using a corked bat advantageous.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: Ironies


> On Friday 06 Jun 2003 6:05 pm, you wrote:
> > A few ironies from the news:
> >
> > 1) Bush a right-wing politician, is attempting to bring about a
cease-fire
> > in the Mideast, which could be derailed by right-wing Orthodox Jews in
the
> > settlements who say they won't leave.  And also by right-wing Arabs who
say
> > the conditions of the treaty are too stringent.
> >
> > 2) Eric Randolph Rudolph, an anti-Semetic is being represented by a
> > court-appointed Jewish attorney.  Poetic justice, in my opinion.
> >
> > 3) Sammy Sousa, one of baseball's greatest home-run hitters, is caught
with
> > a corked bat and will be suspended for eight games.  Why, Sammy, why?
>
> I've got to ask - what's a "corked bat"? I'd not expect a bat made of cork
to
> function well on fast balls!! Few pounds of lead in the middle might help
> though!!
>
> >
> > Life's great ironies of the moment....
> >
> > Kat
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
> PS Hi Cindy - welcome back.
>