Corked bat
Illegally modified baseball bat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In baseball, a corked bat is a specially modified baseball bat that has been filled with cork or other lighter, less dense substances to make the bat lighter. A lighter bat gives a hitter a quicker swing[1] and may improve the hitter's timing.[2] Despite popular belief that corking a bat creates a "trampoline effect" causing a batted ball to travel farther,[2] physics researchers have shown that this is not the case.[3] In Major League Baseball, modifying a bat with foreign substances and using it in play is illegal and subject to ejection and further punishment.[4]