rodbac and I were discussing this in the NFL thread, but in the interest of preventing a derail, I'm starting it up here.<BR><BR>The question: does corking a bat let a player hit the ball farther? For ...

CHICAGO, June 4 -- -- Major League Baseball X-rayed the bats of Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa and found no further irregularities today as the sports world and this city became consumed by whether ...

The issue of juiced baseballs surfaces every couple years during the month of April due to a high rate of home runs hit. Ed Wolfstein / Icon SMI 756 / Ed Wolfstein / Icon SMI / Newscom Cheating in ...

Hours after the Chicago Cubs slugger was suspended for eight games for using a corked bat earlier in the week, the minor league team gave away miniature corked bats to the first 1,000 fans through the ...

Remember how Sammy Sosa ditched his Cubs' teammates in the regular-season finale a year ago? There were about 10 or 11 players in the clubhouse when he left, and it was really strange, [Mark] Prior ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO – This week’s edition of “Throwback ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Sammy Sosa was suspended for eight games by major league baseball Friday for using a corked bat, and he immediately appealed the decision. The appeal had to be filed before Friday's ...

The boost a slugger gets from a corked bat is highly overrated. In fact, experts on the physics of baseball say such bats reduce a hitter's power. ``You have a slightly lighter bat and you're going to ...

X-rays, scans on Hall of Fame bats are negative; slugger awaits word on suspension. By Nancy Armour ~ The Associated Press CHICAGO -- The bats have been checked and the interviews done. Now all Sammy ...