ZackMills
Have mercy
I think Deadman was being sarcastic.
Then why is Pettite in there? He isn't making them with them.
I think Deadman was being sarcastic.
Because players with 99.5 WAR and 3 MVPs in their first 12 seasons aren't worthy of the Hall.
Pettite was a throw away. Bonds and Clemons were my two real points. Are there really that many HOF worth players that wouldn't be HOF worth without steroids? McGwire? And who else? Brady Anderson isn't on anyone's hall of fame ballot (although I guess 2 people voted for David Eckstein, so...).
The hypocrisy is the writers saying they won't vote for anybody who's done PEDs, while probably every hall of famer from the 60s onwards was on greenies.
Correction. Is a thing
I will kind of miss Revere. He always looks so happy.
I think there's a good chance McGwire was roiding his entire career.
I guess Sosa is another guy who doesn't sniff the hall without roids.
Sosa also corked his bat. The ultimate cheater.
However, there is a caveat. Being able to swing the bat faster allows the hitter to delay the swing for a crucial extra fraction of a second. And this may allow more accurate hits. “So, while corking may not allow a batter to hit the ball farther, it may well allow a batter to hit the ball solidly more often,” say Nathan and co.
That could be a significant effect. The study shows that corked bats don’t allow balls to be hit any further but this has nothing to do with the question of whether corked bats allow home runs to be hit more often.
the answer to this question is yes. YES.What if he was? Did they give McGwire an incredible OBP?
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lol. Yeah, strength and lighter bats won't help at all.
They have two results. First, they say the trampoline effect is negligible in corked bats. In other words, there is no increase in the elasticity of the bat-ball collision.
Second, they investigated the trade off between higher bat speed and lower collision efficiency and found no benefit to a corked bat.
“We conclude that there is no advantage to corking a bat if the goal is for the batted ball speed to be as large as possible, as is the case for a home run hitter,” they say.
However, there is a caveat. Being able to swing the bat faster allows the hitter to delay the swing for a crucial extra fraction of a second. And this may allow more accurate hits. “So, while corking may not allow a batter to hit the ball farther, it may well allow a batter to hit the ball solidly more often,” say Nathan and co.
That could be a significant effect. The study shows that corked bats don’t allow balls to be hit any further but this has nothing to do with the question of whether corked bats allow home runs to be hit more often.
Nice!Power is as power does. Therein lies reality
Nothing beats the Leafs blog one offseason asking the question "Dave Nonis or a Potato"
Phillies blog having some fun determining which will be more productive: Ryan Howard or a 4x8 sheet of plywood.
http://www.thegoodphight.com/2016/1...cisions-ryan-howard-vs-4-x-8-sheet-of-plywood
I can't comment about lighter bats except they might not have the plate reach a power hitter wants. I can't find exactly how light corked bats are.
I agree it's silly for a power hitter to cork a bat based on the studies, but being able to swing later is a significant advantage.