06-04-2009, 03:05 AM
Steroids are one thing, something that is pretty tricky to deal with, but a corked bat is pretty minor IMO. I mean think about pitchers, how many pitchers put a little pine tar or other sticky substances on their caps or gloves... um, pretty much all of them that have ever pitched. That type of cheating is cool because they've done it since the old days, it's charming to the baseball purist and HOF voter. A corked bat is basically the same thing, and probably less helpful. It's stupid, but it's also a stupid reason to keep someone out of the Hall.