# Baseball is screwed once again...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-screwed-once-again/179539>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 4, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-screwed-once-again/179539 "2003-06-04T07:45:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![asahiJpx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@asahiJpx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahiJpx)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-screwed-once-again/179539/1 "2003-06-04T07:45:49Z")

</div>

Courtesy of “Slammin’ Sammy”

Sammy Sosa caught redhanded using a corked bat in a game. Yes, the most beloved “ambassador” of baseball did wrong. It’s so reeal!

What is there left to trust in the sport dropping faster than a dead fly this past decade called baseball?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-screwed-once-again/179539/2 "2003-06-04T09:24:06Z")

</div>

You can trust a fastball being thrown at 98 miles an hour.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-screwed-once-again/179539/3 "2003-06-04T12:48:57Z")

</div>

Not so. In reading something last year I discovered that radar guns habitually overstate pitch speed.

Not cheating, just a function of them tracking a spinning ball.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-screwed-once-again/179539/4 "2003-06-04T13:36:15Z")

</div>

Would a radar gun be affected by a spinning tire? 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-screwed-once-again/179539/5 "2003-06-04T14:54:43Z")

</div>

[Yeah](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=188393), [we](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=188400) [know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=188407&highlight=sosa+cork%2A).

😉