Who invented the corked bat?

Answer 1

The Cb1 was a Corkball bat manufactured by Hillerich and bradsby for the most part, the Saint Louis market. It was made between the 30s and early 60s, for a game called Corkball, mainly played behind bars using the cork from a beer keg wrapped in tape for the ball. The rules are fairly simple, there's a pitcher a catcher and a hitter, if the batter misses and the catcher catches the ball, it's an out, if the hitter hits it and the pitcher misses it it's a hit; there are no actual base runners, it's a ghost running type situation. There are now actual cork balls that resemble tiny baseballs, and Markwort in Saint Louis currently is the only company that produces Corkball equipment. It's still played in many neighborhoods in Saint Louis.

Answer 2

The only real way to know if a bat is corked or not is to have it sawed or broken open.

I particularly like it when the bat they're using to cheat with breaks during the at-bat. It always tickles my fancy.

Answer 3

Cheating. Putting cork inside the wood bat to make the ball go further.

Answer 4

no one knows who ever invented most likely played in pro Baseball and thats why he would not say he invented because if he is a hall of famer he is out or u will loose his respect

Answer 5

When you rise the bat in the air you can see if its straight then its not corked. When it croked it would binded.