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Two Fungo bats glued to pine wood and split in half to show all the different ways that baseball players cheat by "corking"  their bats.  Corking a bat is the the act of rilling into the head of the bat and putting a substance in the bat to make it lighter and more buoyant.  Apparently, according to MythBusters, it doesn't work. It causes the ball to go a shorter distance because it is so much lighter and obviously less solid than the solid wood.  Since 1970 only 6 players have been caught "cheating" with a corked bat... The last being Sammy Sosa from the Chicago Cubs.  One of the bats has 5 Superballs in it.  According to the legend, on September 7, 1974 Graig Nettles claimed he got a bat from a fan when it was found out that one of the 6 super balls came flying out!
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Corked Sculpture

Nicholas Conlon

United States

Sculpture, Wood on Wood

Size: 48 W x 24 H x 5 D in

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Two Fungo bats glued to pine wood and split in half to show all the different ways that baseball players cheat by "corking" their bats. Corking a bat is the the act of rilling into the head of the bat and putting a substance in the bat to make it lighter and more buoyant. Apparently, according to MythBusters, it doesn't work. It causes the ball to go a shorter distance because it is so much lighter and obviously less solid than the solid wood. Since 1970 only 6 players have been caught "cheating" with a corked bat... The last being Sammy Sosa from the Chicago Cubs. One of the bats has 5 Superballs in it. According to the legend, on September 7, 1974 Graig Nettles claimed he got a bat from a fan when it was found out that one of the 6 super balls came flying out!

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Sculpture:Wood on Wood

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Size:48 W x 24 H x 5 D in

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