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A Study of the Barrel Constructions of Baseball Bats (June 9, 2003)
Discussion ThreadPosted 10:51 p.m.,
June 9, 2003
(#3) -
Chris Black
As I understand it, a 1% increase in velocity (at a cost of roughly 1% mass, don't forget that) will increase the kinetic energy by 1%. Now I'm no physicist, but just applying E=0.5mv^2 and presuming loss of one ounce of weight off a 34 ounce bat. The results don't vary appreciably with the common range of bat weights (30-36 ounces). I'm not sufficiently familiar with how much energy is lost in batting a ball to be able to comment on that, but presuming a linear relationship, a corked bat would seem to make a 400 foot uncorked homer travel 404 feet.
A Study of the Barrel Constructions of Baseball Bats (June 9, 2003)
Posted 11:02 a.m.,
June 10, 2003
(#6) -
Chris Black
D'oh, you're right David. Makes the difference even smaller. In any event, corking does not seem to have a substantial effect.