Hitting with a CORKED BAT | Wood Baseball Bat Reviews
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- In a stellar display of amateur carpentry, Bat Bro Will somehow manages to cork a wood bat - and the Bat Bros try to hit some dingers with it!!
It's illegal to doctor your wood or metal bat for game play, so only do this for recreational purposes.
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I like watching the ball pronating off the bat like that, reminds me of what I do in the tennis to pronate the ball all flat to get the power.
drill deeper next time, almost to the handle and use Super Balls inside.
When I cork bats for the Astros organization I usually break up the cork and soak the pieces in something sticky so the cork will separate in chunks yet stay with the wood that breaks apart, that way the bat boy can quickly pick up the pieces of the bat before anyone notices the bat was corked.
(THANK YOU to everyone that gave me a thumbs up, wow! 😎)
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I've heard that you are quite the cork soaker
@@Mvaughn941 …..what’s that mean? Does “cork soaker” have some sort of double meaning? lol
@@frankthespank it is a SNL bit and quite hilarious.
this is the most anxiety inducing unsafe handling of a drill I have ever seen lol
Jesus?
I’m waiting for it to whip out like crazy!
@@joseperez6476 I am a woodworker, and I said the same thing I was hoping that it wouldn't bite through.
I was looking for someone saying it
That forearm just sitting there 6 inches from the bit lmao
The cork is not used just to lighten the bat. It is used to increase elasticity and transfer through the hollowed out section. The cork must be tight, not baggy
I know what's guy smoking. Lol
I would like to see this done correctly.
@@whiteboyradical😂k.v
Y7 9:32 gkgunh
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@@whiteboyradical he inhaled the saw dust
You guys are a bunch of cheaters!!!!! LOL
Just a heads up, as a woodworker and engineer, you should use a paddle bit that’s about 1/16” smaller diameter than the corks you plan to use. The cork will compress, fill the void, remove the need for added weight via super glue, and hold the structural integrity of the wood significantly better.
Pretty interesting results for a first go with a lot of voids though. It went far better than I would have anticipated.
Excellent point.
How heavy is superglue? Heavy enough to slow down a ZOMG is all I know
shouldn't use a spade bit at all. you need an auger bit or more appropriately a forstner
@@theslipperytruth5676 I'm sure that's true if you don't take care of your tools or an idiot
@@theslipperytruth5676 she did say something about some weird guy babbling to himself walking down the road. I hope you are okan I know life is hard if you have extra chromosomes, but we are rooting for you lol guy
Who randomly started watching them a while ago and now it’s one of your favorite habits 😅 got the merch in December 👍
Yessir bud
let me guess…you?
Yessir
Haha For real
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Sosa getting caught red-handed was classic, but I still like the Indians going Mission Impossible and stealing back Albert Belle's bat from the umpires' room better.
Jason Grimsley and his 8 toes said to Albert Belle "Your Welcome"
You mean Guardians, Indians are soon gonna be the Guardians
@@heheheheheehhaheu stfu
Lol you’d be surprised how unguarded there umpire room is also give them a pack of beers and you can get anywhere. For reference I was clubhouse security for the Yankees in 2019 very fun times is all I can really say
Chris sabo when his bat broke: 🏃💨
Pretty sure you you want the cork to be tight/solid in the hollowed out barrel, without any play.
No point to having it bouncing around in there. Its meant to maintain structural integrity and give added bounce (possibly?).
But just having wine corks jingling around in there, while hilarious, is pointless.
Exactly ! The best way is to drill a smaller hole on the bat, then find a metal tube that fits perfectly inside the bat, then vaccum (compress) the corks inside the
pre-lubricated metal tubing add wood glue inside bat and insert tube inside bat
and squeeze those corks out of the metal tube while backing of the metal tube out
until all corks stay inside !
or
put corks on a blender and break them all down add wood glue (not much) and compress that semi-dry soup inside, leave space to reseal with a maple cap the leave it a few weeks in the Sun heat inside your cars dash for all glue to dry !
Can you repeat this test using one of these methods or both ?
Thanks if you do !
@@dnantis lol you sound like you know with experience.
That's what I thought cork was used for
@Bon Jovi
Clearly you don't understand how structural integrity and physics work. Keep studying though chief, you'll get there one day.
@Bon Jovi I literally make bats and hockey sticks for a living (among other things).
I have an engineering degree and run CNC machines and automated lathes.
I would like to see the corks stuffed tightly into the holes and then re-test it. It would be interesting to see if such a setup would result in a bit greater hitting distance.
Of course it would that’s why MLB players did it
The mythbusters did this one. Essentially, the mass transfer gets just about halved because the cork disperses force. I think the common misconception is that the corked bat would result in a harder hit, when it actually results in a faster swing. That way you shave off a couple milliseconds on the hit, theoretically resulting in more contact and by proxy more bases.
Edit: Huh. Interesting results. I'd like to see some more testing. I'm invested now.
Instead of inches, we should just measure bats by wine corks
I would like a 12 ⅛ wine cork bat
Makes more sense than the imperial system lmao
Thanks for the support bro! Amazing video! Lets COLLAB ASAP!
freaking dream collab right there the bros with the goat hell to the yes
Yessss!!!
PLEASE
Plz yes
We need more irl baseball videos tho
For anyone not really familiar with bat "drops", the standard is -3 ... meaning the weight of the bat cannot be more than three digits away from the length (example: 34in bat has to be 31 ounces, anything more than that i.e. 30 Oz, 29, 28 etc, is super illegal)
-3 is the standard as far down as Little League ball, so the advantage is a very real thing.
The highest drop I've ever seen personally was a -9 TPX aluminum. I brought it to a game of mine when I was about 13 or 14 years old and it didn't make it out of that game. The whole team used it each at bat until one kid, and hand to God I am not making this up, swung the bat and made full barrel contact, but the sound wasn't right and the ball literally traveled 5 feet behind him to the back of the cage.... the aluminum ripped on the barrel and there a baseball sized hole ... the ball went thru the first layer of aluminum to the back of the barrel, almost lodging itself into the bat, but came back out on the follow thru and went behind the batter ... as 14 years olds we as a team swung this bat with such violent force that the bat broke
I'm not familiar with bat "drops." Thank you for giving us this explanation.
To increase durability, I think the hole diameter should be slightly smaller than the cork and ram them down to create a tighter fit. This way it’s not so hollow.
You using a drill like that made me nervous, should have used a vice and a drill press.
Ok Karen. Jk jk he should have
Some people have better coordination than others . Your inabilities to handle power tools is not his problem . A vise is not ALWAYS available
@@paytonbielawski7857 you ya got some anger issues
@@paytonbielawski7857 Jeremy is right. You are wrong.
@@grumpygnome9316 That's some shitty boomer logic.
Exit velo testing towards the end of the video! Btw the way I did this was probably very dangerous - don't try this at home lol.
And as always, for the best viewing experience, change your video quality to 1080p, go full screen, and crank the volume 💯
@The Baseball Bat Bros can you guys do this video with some -5s that would be sick also the polar power is only in a -5 for this year but it’s a 1 piece just guess the hybrid was too gas
2nd
Can you private message me and I can send you guys a bunch of bats for free
You should do a review on all the whiffle ball bats, thin, and fat barrel, and go to a whiffle ball field, use a solid whiffle ball too..
Cobblers hot cork and a ash wood plug epoxied into the end.
You should drill out the other one and fill it with spray foam insulation and see what happens. Super lightweight and it would fill the mass of the whole
You made me so nervous using the drill while just holding the bat with your other hand hahaha glad there were no casualties!
I was waiting for it to catch lol
Lmao i can't believe that he would sit there and drill it like that, unbelievable man, could have ended so badly
Yes zero points for wood working safety! LOL
Do you wear knee pads while roller blading?
@@christopherwharton6022very different scenarios my guy
The funniest thing I ever saw after Sosa got caught was someone wearing a Sosa jersey and they spelled out SOSA on the back with wine corks when the Cubs were in town playing the Braves…
HEY SBCC - I played for Rusty Fairly (Ron Fairly's brother - LA Dodgers/California Angels) at SBCC back in the day from '79-80. Fairly was the head baseball coach at SBCC from 1965 to 1981.
Lefty has such a nice smooth swing
Nice & easy 💥
That lefty has such a nice swing holy shit. And his bat speed looks insane
I’m one of those people who think lefty swings are always cleaner and nicer looking. Just me 🤷♂️
@@jmentone depends on the guy for me. Think since I grew up hitting righty I liked their swing better. But I’d be lying if I was saying I though Robinson cano (lefty) had my favorite swing of all time
I think if you wanted to do this so you retain structural integrity and density you could fill it with cork filler that's used for repairing dress shoes and tamp it down in the hole with a wooden dowel or something
thatd hit some piss rods lmfao
@@LUCKIPUP on fucking god
That’s definitely what should’ve been done
do you think it would last longer if they put it in the cheapest birch cut they could find? i think thatd still be better than ash since it’s eventually gonna disintegrate
That is the proper way to cork a bat
Take your "Mendoza Line" and make it DING!
The guy batting lefty has a beautiful natural power swing . Awesome to watch . 👍💪
You should use an auger bit, it’s cleaner and actually removes the wood as it drills deeper into the wood.
I thought the same thing, but it seems like this guy has absolutely no concern for doing anything correctly or effectively
I mean. This dude clearly had no idea what he was doing. The holes too wide, not deep enough and just all around shitty.
@@Imugi007get a life
Bringing back memories of the mighty GOAT trying to "cork" an aluminum bat with super balls LOL that was entertaining
There's something very cathartic about just watching a bunch of baseball hits back to back to back.
Neat video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. Good luck to these young men in their futures.
Next time try the expanding foam that’s used for sealing cracks. It will fill in around the cork and seal them in place.
...exactly what I was thinking .
...I scrolled first to see if anyone else was on the same page
or wood glue.
The face he made at the dog🤣🤣🤣
Smoke from the drill and the bat... impressive 💯
Part of the benefit of corking is weight difference generating bat speed, but a second (huge) part is the act of compression, as the bat absorbs the force of the pitch and then releases that energy to launch the ball with greater velocity (like a trampoline). To do this well, the hole drilled must be smaller in diameter than corking material, so that the cork fits very tightly into the barrel. This will extend the life of the bat (before it cracks) and increase the launching effect.
This is not true.
The reduction in weight causes better bad speed, but it also negatively affects the velocity of the ball because of the weight reduction. Cork don't do s***.
@@seriouscatisseriousIs that true? In my mind I always assumed that the cork acted more like a spring, but I’m fully aware of my own ignorance on this topic.
@@Jomitheelfyeah, it's nonsense.
You should have ground the cork up in a blender and then sealed the top with the sawdust.
Maybe a dumb question but wouldn't that be heavier than just using the full corks if you fill it up?
@@Icantforgetnow no. The problem with using the full wine corks like he did is that they weren’t a perfect fit, there were gaps on the edges and he said he put glue in there to lock them in. If he blended the corks up, then there would be no gaps and then all he would need to do is seal it up with the sawdust and some sort of glue/adhesive. It would be possibly lighter or at least the same weight.
@@houstonOLED plus probably better structural integrity
Just get shoemakers cork filler. It's pliable cork used in boot and shoe repair.
One of the best channels on RUclips, love the Charisma and content. Keep it up boys.
The echoes in that park from the chatter almost mimicking people sidebarring in the bleachers to those "crisp apple bites" when the ball is struck with the sonicboom-snap following is ASMR gold. 😎
Dude in blue has a really nice swing.
Back in the day we took a 35" Easton, popped the cap and put tennis balls in it. It was a hammer. We played a game one time on one of those fields that had no fence. Dude hit a ball about 550ft. Umpire grabbed the bat and was like, 'get that thing out of here'.
sure u did bud
Aluminum or Wood?
@@Sumoboi1 I need you to validate my life.
Bro…….
@@johnsullivan2577 Yeah?
I’ve always wanted to do this but never got around to it. Love this channel keep up the good work🔥
The hollow hole should be filled wall to wall, you should have ground up the cork into tiny pieces like the bits of rubber on a turf field. Then you pack in the cork bits with a rod to really get it in there tight. You can also substitute the cork for rubber, like super bouncy balls grounded up, compacting it in is key, this will stop it from breaking internally.
Thongs change scent from one end to the other. Knowledge is power. God bless
If y’all ever do this again, maybe try destroying the cork until it has sand like texture then then fill the bat with pressed cork so the cork fully fills the void.
U gotta break up the cork and jam it down there as tight as you can then seal it up, that makes a huge difference!!!
Facts
Lmao y’all cheaters know your shit huh
@@aidanwolff3213 Got garbage cans too.
@@aidanwolff3213 When I was a kid we made one and would just go mess around with it. We could hit home runs with it in the top age little league field when we were like 13-14 years old
I always thought corking was to create more “spring” off the bat, not to eliminate weight. I read they packed the bat with broken up Superballs and capped with a dial rod.
That Bergervin dude is a monster! Nice swing too!
The cork didnt actually play any part in the higher exit velo, since there was such a big gap. If it was an airtight fit, it probably would have been a different outcome.
You guys should just find the most broken, illegal bats to just CLANG and see what happens.
Easton XL1 bro!
Love that bat cracking sound
Number 22 reminds me of Adam Dunn.
It was a blast watching him play.
dude the crack and echo of the bat was so satisfying it made me feel like we were in the 30s hittin dingers
The speed difference is just for the reaction time of the batter. The energy input on the ball will be the same.
In other words the corked bat doesn't make you hit harder, just let's you react faster and get a better hit
Not exactly. Kinetic energy is KE=.5mv^2. You lose mass, but if the swing velocity goes up, it make more energy. Since velocity is squared it more than makes up for the mass drop.
@@latemodelclassics Well you are quite right about that but in the end the energy is the same as the same person is swinging. So if you reduce the mass and the energy is constant you will obtain an increase in the velocity in the proportion of v=sqr(2 KE/m) but the kinetic energy will remain constant. So when you hit the ball the kinetic energy transmitted to the ball will be the same. That's why I said is an improvement on accuracy. If the bat needs less energy to move because you reduced it's mass. You will be able to make bigger adjustments while bating and also you will have a bigger window to succeed in hitting the ball.
Just chillin at 3 am found this video good stuff man, good pacing, just overall great vid. Subbed
Id try a b expanding foam. It will fill the cavity perfect an be same density or close. Just glue an sawdust the end after.
“Do not try this at home” like the majority of the population has never used a damn drill before 😂
What happened to the HZRDS bat I want to see if it’s good
Auger bit, drill press, save the sawdust.
Drill out 10" or so of bat length.
Jam the gaps with powder-fine sawdust. Do not use glue.
Jam an ash plug (slight taper) with wood glue "brushed" around the plug's rim.
Lathe, sand the end down flush.
How to cork a bat
I could watch videos of The Bat bros all day long.
We need a Goat/Bros cross over!!
Not gonna lie, I just like watching this dude and his friends hitting dingers.
Good video and GREAT hitting, boys!!
You should have got cork material to cut to fit and fill it. Then use a silicone sealer to hold it on. That can handle the flex and vibration. The cork fitting better would make a huge difference
Chris Sabo was the first MLB player I saw use a corked bat. It exploded, Sabo was ejected, and Sabo was laughing about it. I always wondered if it made any difference.
I think it was actually an accident by the bat boy to give that one to him.
Yes I was watching that game.
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I think that’s the time you guys are talking bout that’s the most famous of oh fuck I gave him the wrong bat. You can tell he thought something broke because he’s looking at it and trying to see what was wrong with it
Sosa with the Cubs had his corked bat break.......he tried to bull shit out of it....got nailed a ten game suspension......
Watching you drill that bat made me nervous as hell. Wish you'd used a vice and drill press, man. You could have absolutely mangled your hand
With the dimpled end he would have to be highly uncoordinated with his hands and poor grip for that bit too slip out and hit his hand. While still an unsafe method, he was still fairly safe in the way he did it
@@bt7594 the bat could have split causing the drill to oscillate unpredictably, or cause the drill bit to exit the side of the bat into his hand. I’ve seen multiple bad accidents with power tools, and this shit was just dumb
Those hits are so satisfying to watch
Im impressed with the free hand drill angle.
I’m a 15 y/o country boy and I use power tools all the time and I was loving watching Will drill the whole in the bat cause that’s like exactly how I acted when I was eight working with my first power tools
And ps: get a cordless/battery drill
"Don't try this at home."
Says the guy who has no idea how to use a drill. Thing is smoking bro and you're still going hard
There was no smoke. It was sawdust dude. But, you're not wrong he's using it very unsafe.
But as someone who uses those exact drill bits regularly. The drill was fine.
Love the lefty coming in clutch with the dingers
I’m curious if you were to have the corks have a tighter fit in the bat if it would hold up better. Since they’re already condensed more it may have enough strength to last longer.
I enjoyed everything about this video apart from the Man Utd shirt.
Why is this dude acting like using a drill is some life and death situation? lmao are baseball players really this afraid of sharp things?
That part made me cringe so hard lol
This dude after everything "let's goooo"!
i knew by the sound of the bark, you had a golden!
I would love to see a reaction video made by the people that cork bats professionally. You know Sammy Sosa wasn't out in his garage corking his own bats, he definitely had a guy for that and a reaction video by that guy (or similar person that corked bats for a pro) would be amazing.
my dad is an engineer, and came up with a concept of corking that will make any little leaguer hit like mike trout. you need more girthy cork and use wood glue but you cant have any air pockets inside. the bat essentially absorbs the ball and spits it out so it bounces, it also is maintaining regular durability and wont crack after 2 hits
Such a cool video I really loved watching it , thank you guys
Y’all helped me soooo much when picking my bat and I love your videos I am getting one of your hoodies
That hand placement while drilling had me wincing the whole time
Fun video! Thanks for sharing.
The sound is beautiful
I Corked several bats for BarryBonds. I also drilled out bats and replaced the insides with a lighter woods for him aand other players. I used a horizontal drill press i created just for the bats. QA I'mI also plugged the ends with matching woodplugs making it difficult to tell the bats had been drilled.
I love unironic “LETS GOOOO” guys, it’s just so wholesome
Glad to see you finally listened to me and made a new video that wasn’t total garbage.
The lefty was clearly the power hitter of the bunch.
Maybe its just me....but with all the crazy stuff going on in the world I am enjoying these guys goofin off and having a good time.
I doubt it's a weight thing. I think the way it might work is when a bat is hallowed it can compress and expand, i.e more bouncy than a fully solid bat, similar to a trampoline or tennis racquet with bouncy strings. Filling it back with cork, a much softer material doesn't reduce the springiness much but might prevent the bat from cracking to easily if it's packed properly, plus good as a cover up.
Well best is to hole saw the end. Then use better longer bits. And fill with expanding foam. And put the first hole saw cut end back
My understanding (back in the 60s) was the bat was hollowed out and partially filled with something heavy like in a dead blow hammer. The bat would weigh the same but when swung the filled material would move to the end of the bat. This would make the bat easier to swing at first (faster) but when hitting the ball would carry more momentum (like a heavy bat). Next time try using a lathe and a solid wood "cork".
Yeah I like this channel man. Gonna check out the different priced wooden bats next.
I think wood filler would be a good alt to the stucko. you kinda did the same thing as wood filler tho cause its just wood glue with saw dust but if you put that in then add the first cork then another layer, another cork etc that might make it stronger and last more long term and would fill up the space to make the corks more rigid.
I believe they use the heated shoe sole cork that comes in a can.
Just saw this...thank you...that was pretty cool 😎
Those are spade bits. Perfect bit for the job!
I still remember when Sosa's bat exploded and cork flew everywhere
No. You need the hole you drill out to be in the sweet spot of the bay to the end of thr Bat and the hole the same diameter of thr bat. So it fits snug. Like the core of agolf ball or core of a baseball. Lighter but also more flex when the ball makes contact
Now I'm interested in what other substances could be used in place of cork. Maybe fill the well up with dense foam or maybe the insulating/expanding foam? Also, find somebody with a lathe or a decent drill press to get a nice, uniform well in the end if you do this again!
I've heard of people using bouncy balls back in the day.
you need to use drill press with a bit slightly smaller than the corks. you can go deeper into the barrell.
Back in the early days of baseball all wine corks were made of cork. Now they are made of plastic. Not sure how that will affect things.
Real cork comes mostly from Portugal and you can only extract the bark of the cork tree (what we call a cork) once every nine years.
The bats I saw didn't use cork they used superballs that were ground up and mixed with rubber cement and packed tight into the bat and finished off with a wooden plug at the end.
It's a lot easier to drill when you are clicking the hand drill instead of pressing it. If the drill is on highspeed it's just sanding the wood. But if you click it sequentially you will get a slower but solid spin and your drill bit burrows the wood.
I am not a baseball player but I have a long history of military combat and we use to cut a wood bat down and drill the end and load it with lead for added weight and had devastating results of bones and flesh. You should do the same thing with your long bats and see how it hits with the extra weight..