What about corked bats? (June 20, 2003)
Daniel A. Russell, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Applied Physics at Kettering University, presents his views. Check out his site for more tests.
Thanks to Sylvain for the link.
--posted by TangoTiger at 09:56 AM EDT
Posted 6:37 a.m.,
June 24, 2003
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unc84steve(e-mail)
Wait, I thought this scientists said that corking bats didn't really help. Now I see him hedging his conclusion that it's hard to say whether the increase in bat speed compensates for the loss in mass. ("Experiments to follow") Ha!
At least I was happy to see he's looking at the actual swing and notes in one of the articles: "the primary motion of the bat just before impact is a rotation of the bat about a point roughly 6 inches from the knob end of the bat. The player's hands (wrists) supply the force/torque to cause this rotation."