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Nature 423, 674 (12 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423674a

Physicists doubt that 'corking' could help baseball's big hitter

Geoff Brumfiel

Baseball fans are starting to question Chicago Cubs superstar Sammy Sosa's impressive hitting record, in the light of his use of an illegal 'corked' bat to boost his slugging power. But physicists say that the bat did little, if anything, to improve his hitting.