Pete Rose In Trouble Again.

[bsox0407]

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

 

Corked Bat. Whats next he used steroids.

[Dojji]

This just in: Water is wet.

 

Rose, I think, knew more or less what would happen to his legacy. Sometimes something's worth laying EVERYTHING on the line for, even your dignity and self-respect, maybe he thought the record was one of those things.

[suns]

Should we be suprised?

[yeszir]

If he used a cork bat in 85 he still got 98% of his hits without one.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

If he used a cork bat in 85 he still got 98% of his hits without one.

 

So he gets 98% pf the record ?

[italstallianion]

So he gets 98% pf the record ?

 

 

 

No, because of the remaining 2%, you'd have to determine what percentage of his hits would not have been hits without the cork.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Cork bats really can't make that much of a difference in getting a hit. If he just used it in one year then he probably still would have the record.

[yeszir]

Regardless, it's a travesty that he's not in the H.O.F

[italstallianion]

Regardless' date=' it's a travesty that he's not in the H.O.F[/quote']

 

 

 

 

I couldn't agree more.

[jacksonianmarch]

corked bats have never been proven to actually hit the ball any harder or farther

[italstallianion]

I heard something like 3-4% further distance max.

[bsox0407]

I heard something like 3-4% further distance max.

 

IT makes it go less far but your bat speed is increased.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corked_bat

[jacksonianmarch]

Mythbusters did a show on it, actually. Very interesting. They standardized the swing with a machine. They standardized the velocity. Then took over 100 swings with 2 identical bats, except one was corked. There was no significant statistical difference. IIRC, the corked bat didnt meet statistical significance, but was actually shorter than the non-corked one. Regardless, it doesnt make any sense for cork to increase the force impacted on the ball, especially since cork is more pliable than the hard wood of ash or maple. It should deaden the ball a little.

[jacksonianmarch]

IT makes it go less far but your bat speed is increased.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corked_bat

 

Nowadays, you can get bats with thin handles which effectively allow you to increase your bat speed due to decreased weight, but keep the barrel solid. Those should be illegal

[bsox0407]

Mythbusters did a show on it' date=' actually. Very interesting. They standardized the swing with a machine. They standardized the velocity. Then took over 100 swings with 2 identical bats, except one was corked. There was no significant statistical difference. IIRC, the corked bat didnt meet statistical significance, but was actually shorter than the non-corked one. Regardless, it doesnt make any sense for cork to increase the force impacted on the ball, especially since cork is more pliable than the hard wood of ash or maple. It should deaden the ball a little.[/quote']

 

Yes but since the cork is lighter than the wood that it is taking over it makes the batter able to swing faster, which some scouts had complained prior to the season about Pete Rose.

[bsox0407]

Nowadays' date=' you can get bats with thin handles which effectively allow you to increase your bat speed due to decreased weight, but keep the barrel solid. Those should be illegal[/quote']

 

you just took out all of Ted Williams stats. He used to thin his handle out to make it lighter.

[italstallianion]

They had a study on corked bats after Sammy Soda was caught, I forgot who did it, but that's where I got the 3-4% statistic. I remember it being referenced on sportscenter.

[yrtb]

His excuse will continue to be that he still didn't take steroids

 

While, I think that he should be in the hall of fame, I disagree that corking his bats is okay since it doesn't actually help

 

If you cheat on a test off somebody who fails, and you fail as a result and get caught and get a 0, you could argue that you would have done better if you HADN'T cheated, but the reality is that you were trying to get an edge the wrong way and are guilty