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2. Baseball bat - Wikipedia

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   A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball after it is thrown by the pitcher. By regulation it may be no more than 2.61 inches (6.6 cm) in diameter at the thickest part and no more than 42 inches (1.067 m) in length. [ 1]

3. Corked bat - Wikipedia

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   Corked bat. In baseball, a corked bat is a specially modified baseball bat that has been filled with cork or other lighter, less dense substances to make the bat lighter. A lighter bat gives a hitter a quicker swing [ 1] and may improve the hitter's timing. [ 2] Despite popular belief that corking a bat creates a "trampoline effect" causing a ...

4. List of baseball bat manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Akadema; Birdman Bats; Burke-Hanna MFG. Co. (1925-1976) — maker of the Batrite logo bat; Chandler Bats; DeMarini; Easton Diamond Sports, LLC — acquired by Rawlings in 2020 ...

5. Pine Tar Incident - Wikipedia

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   The Pine Tar Incident (also known as the Pine Tar Game) was a controversial incident in 1983 during an American League baseball game played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Sunday, July 24, 1983. With his team trailing 4–3 in the top half of the ninth inning and two out, the Royals ...

6. Batting (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   Batting (baseball) In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team. A batter or hitter is a person whose turn it is to face the pitcher. The three main goals of batters are to become a baserunner, to drive runners home or to advance runners along the bases for others to drive home, but ...

7. Origins of baseball - Wikipedia

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   Bat, base, and ball games for two teams that alternate in and out, such as baseball, cricket, and rounders, are likely to be close cousins. They all involve throwing a ball to a batsman who attempts to "bat" it away and run safely to a base, while the opponent tries to put the batter-runner out when liable ("liable [to be put out]" is the ...