Mickey Mantle - the cheater within

PJ_Soul

81 wrote:

Jason P wrote:

Studies have shown that a corked bat provide no advantage in hitting distance.

It's the old school equivalent to those dumb ass magic necklaces that half the players wear.

reduces weight, increases bat speed. the ball may not go farther, but i can get the bat around faster.

It makes a difference - if it didn't no one would have ever bothered to take the risk of using one.
That is one cute goat 81... I might actually give that goat a GA ticket if I had one, but only if I could snuggle it the whole time.

Jason P

PJ_Soul wrote:

It makes a difference - if it didn't no one would have ever bothered to take the risk of using one.
That is one cute goat 81... I might actually give that goat a GA ticket if I had one, but only if I could snuggle it the whole time.

It's a placebo effect.

PJ_Soul

Jason P wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

It makes a difference - if it didn't no one would have ever bothered to take the risk of using one.
That is one cute goat 81... I might actually give that goat a GA ticket if I had one, but only if I could snuggle it the whole time.

It's a placebo effect.

I think it's common knowledge that a lighter bat is an advantage....

intodeep

SatansFuton wrote:

Just an auction house trying to get publicity. Maybe it is real, but they don't know that. The only thing they know, I think, is that Mantle once owned it. I haven't even seen proof of that, but just assuming he did, they don't actually know if it was ever used in a game, batting practice, or if it was even corked while Mantle owned it. At best it's a Mickey Mantle bat, that is corked, but not necessarily by Mantle, and no proof he ever used it in a game.

Also, this Grey Flannel Auctions has been noted in the past for being shady. They were part of a 1994 investigative journalism piece into the sports memorabilia trade where they were found to be committing outright fraud. They have been busted several times for selling fake game worn jerseys and fake autographs. They are not a reputable memorabilia dealer, in fact they were named in an FBI investigation for their role in authenticating a bunch of bogus memorabilia sold by an Illinois dealer who was indicted for fraud. They were named as an "un-reputable dealer" in that case.

Not everything they sell is bullshit though, so that doesn't mean THIS is fake. But given the fact they can't even fully authenticate it, and their track record, I don't see any reason for Yankees fans to shed a tear.

this makes me feel a little better