Sosa, who's hit more than 500 home runs during his years in Major League Baseball and is certain to become a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame when he retires, said he accidentally grabbed a bat he used to put on home run displays for fans during batting practice, and mistakenly used it during a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The point of that, of course, is to make the bat lighter so that the player can get it around faster to the ball. On June 3, 2003, Sammy Sosa, the great Chicago Cubs hitter, was caught with some cork imbedded in one of his bats. So what are you going to do to give the ball more launch the next time you're up to bat? Wouldn't it be great to slam a ball across the outfield every time you stepped up to bat? Probably all baseball and softball players-everybody from Little League to Major League-would like to improve their hitting distances. How Can You Use Physics to Become a Better Hitter?
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