Firstly, he claimed that his purpose in batting practice wasn't so much to practice as it was to put a show on for the fans...thus the corking of the bat. He was simply aiming to please. I still think it's bullshit...but much more plausible when you add that little tidbit in.
Secondly, even if he did have it for just batting practice, and even if he did happen to just grab the bat by chance, how many other times has he grabbed a corked bat by chance and then gone on to smack it out of the park? How many of his 500 however many homeruns have been nailed by an accidentally-corked bat? It's tough to tell...
Thirdly, we're never going to agree what sports are shit and what sports aren't shit. Personally, I think baseball is shitty and Nubblies (the game, which will soon be classified as a sport, that UB and I developed) is golden.
That's all for now.
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