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Old 2003-06-04, 03:05 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Sammy Sosa, Home Run master, and cheater at the game of Baseball


http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball...ap/476660.html

The fucker got caught with a corked bat... imagine that.
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Old 2003-06-04, 03:18 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
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How excatly does a corked bat help?
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Old 2003-06-04, 03:24 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Its belived to add "spring" to a bat, and makes it lighter, lighter bats with more spring go faster and hit the ball "harder" thus it was outlawed by MLB.
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Old 2003-06-04, 03:44 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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basically you drill a hole in the middle of the bat, pack it with cork, and make it 1-1.5 ounces lighter. It makes a difference in the bat speed. Some people even use "Bouncy Balls" substance (the rubbery bouncy substance in bouncy balls) to get extra pop. They pack it in as tight as possible to keep the authentic sound of a solid bat and not let on that it is hollowed and lighter.

I believe sammy got caught red handed. They comphiscated his other bats so we will see if those are corked. I do believe he is a cheater though
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Old 2003-06-04, 04:16 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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Re: Sammy Sosa, Home Run master, and cheater at the game of Baseball


Originally posted by MrVicchio
http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball...ap/476660.html

The fucker got caught with a corked bat... imagine that.
No offense to you but who gives a rats ass about baseball?

That's not even a real sport. Just a bunch of over paid whiners scratching their balls while the anouncer bores the hell out of you.

In some countries watching baseball is a form of torture.
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Old 2003-06-04, 06:21 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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well he got what he deserved i suppose..
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Old 2003-06-04, 06:27 AM   [Ignore Me] #7
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Re: Re: Sammy Sosa, Home Run master, and cheater at the game of Baseball


Originally posted by Mtx
No offense to you but who gives a rats ass about baseball?

That's not even a real sport. Just a bunch of over paid whiners scratching their balls while the anouncer bores the hell out of you.

In some countries watching baseball is a form of torture.
Oh for cryin out friggin loud. :wah:

If you guys dont like something in a topic, dont reply to it dissing/flaming it. It's just friggin retarded.
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Old 2003-06-04, 06:45 AM   [Ignore Me] #8
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American sports....
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Old 2003-06-04, 07:44 AM   [Ignore Me] #9
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all countries are just jelous because North America (notice I said North America because the Caribean gives us best baseball players and Canada gives best Hockey) owns in every sport except Soccer... man I dunno even if I spelled that right. Well actually last year the US didn't do to bad in soccer.
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Old 2003-06-04, 07:54 AM   [Ignore Me] #10
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Its called FOOTBALL!

You dudes just got our Rugby, dressed your guys in licra trousers and make them run around all padded up like little girls, and you dare called Football...Soccer

Anywho...Football or Soccer PWNS any other sport

Its not jeaulasy, tis outrage

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Old 2003-06-04, 08:21 AM   [Ignore Me] #11
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Thats the mtx I know and love.

As for Sammy, hahahaha owned.
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Old 2003-06-04, 08:38 AM   [Ignore Me] #12
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Originally posted by NightWalker XI
Its called FOOTBALL!

You dudes just got our Rugby, dressed your guys in licra trousers and make them run around all padded up like little girls, and you dare called Football...Soccer

Anywho...Football or Soccer PWNS any other sport
Agreed, real football owns all other sports, with hockey being the only thing even close. Our football is teh suck.
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Old 2003-06-04, 09:42 AM   [Ignore Me] #13
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Really? Cork 'n crap makes you hit farther? When we have pickup ballgames, I use the heaviest densest wooden bat I can find, and hit much farther than when I use something else.
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Old 2003-06-04, 10:15 AM   [Ignore Me] #14
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As it says in the article that Mr.V posted, Sosa claims to have just picked up the wrong bat. Corking the bat only improves performance by about 1 percent, according to this morning's ESPN, so there wouldn't seem to be much of a reason for him to use it during a game. With forty or fifty bats in a dugout, it would be easy to just pick up the wrong one.

We'll see if he's been cheating when they inspect all of his bats.

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Old 2003-06-04, 10:29 AM   [Ignore Me] #15
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Yah, but they only corked the bat for one ounce. You can do up to 3 ounces! That's 15-20 extra feet on the ball which is absoloutely huge.
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