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<blockquote data-quote="Agent Oracle" data-source="post: 2881937" data-attributes="member: 40076"><p>And, just for the sake of being annoying, I figure we should discuss the fine art of playing with the weight of weaponry, using nothing less than the most violent of modern sports: Baseball!</p><p></p><p>First off, by reducing the weight of a swung object, (by means of corking the bat) the average batter actually reduces the power of his swing, but he gets to those fastballs sooner (as much as 6" later in his swing) which can mean the difference in a center-line and a, umn, "hard-right" drive. Center-line hits = higher average of getting a run because there are fewer people covering the same quantity of space.</p><p></p><p>Now, corking the bat is not the only means of cheating in baseball (that's equipment related! EQUIPMENT RELATED! I have not injected anything into Mark McGuire's ass... intentionally...)</p><p></p><p>Ahem, as I was saying, there have also been cases wherein the bat was illegally weighted. Once a ball player becomes familiarized with swinging a heavier bat, they tend to hit very, very hard, but almsot allways connect early in the swing, resulting in deep hits to right field, and many, many foul balls.</p><p></p><p>The concept behind the mercurial greatsword is similar to the third, rarest kind of illegal bat tampering, "filled" bats. I only found one example, and it was on a message board, so this is hardly a novel concept. It seemed that a little kid had brought his own Toy baseball bat to a tee-ball game, and it was filled with water... the kid couldn't use it worth a darn, but the adult (who wrothe the post) stated that his swing felt more powerful, and suggested filling an alluminum bat partially with mercury to see how that went over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agent Oracle, post: 2881937, member: 40076"] And, just for the sake of being annoying, I figure we should discuss the fine art of playing with the weight of weaponry, using nothing less than the most violent of modern sports: Baseball! First off, by reducing the weight of a swung object, (by means of corking the bat) the average batter actually reduces the power of his swing, but he gets to those fastballs sooner (as much as 6" later in his swing) which can mean the difference in a center-line and a, umn, "hard-right" drive. Center-line hits = higher average of getting a run because there are fewer people covering the same quantity of space. Now, corking the bat is not the only means of cheating in baseball (that's equipment related! EQUIPMENT RELATED! I have not injected anything into Mark McGuire's ass... intentionally...) Ahem, as I was saying, there have also been cases wherein the bat was illegally weighted. Once a ball player becomes familiarized with swinging a heavier bat, they tend to hit very, very hard, but almsot allways connect early in the swing, resulting in deep hits to right field, and many, many foul balls. The concept behind the mercurial greatsword is similar to the third, rarest kind of illegal bat tampering, "filled" bats. I only found one example, and it was on a message board, so this is hardly a novel concept. It seemed that a little kid had brought his own Toy baseball bat to a tee-ball game, and it was filled with water... the kid couldn't use it worth a darn, but the adult (who wrothe the post) stated that his swing felt more powerful, and suggested filling an alluminum bat partially with mercury to see how that went over. [/QUOTE]
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