Mantle Corked his bat

GR

Grey Flannel is having an auction for A Mantle game used bat that the famous slugger drilled a bunch of cork in his bat. Pete Rose did the same thing on some of his and went for 8 grand. Very interesting

bigjed

Grey Flannel is shady. I don't believe it for a second. First known? Yeah, because he didn't.

My guess is that it is a Mantle K55 team index bat that they are falsely attributing to Mantle. And it has been corked recently. Someone individual saw how much attention the Pete Rose corked bat got and decided to do it with a Mantle team index bat. Not a real Mantle gamer.

GR

Was certified by Psa/Dna's own game used bat authenticator John Taube...So is he full of crap? I dont know much about the game used market.

GR

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fkw

Im sure Mantle had/used many corked bats in his career... it was common back then to mess around with corking bats... no biggy IMO, similar to pitchers scuffing balls.

you still have to hit the ball with that bat

Robin Yount had a famous corked bat too, Im sure many more players have them floating around the hobby...

GR

I think its cool, i just didnt know if it would have been authentic, no different then a spitball, also wondered if it will help the value too

BunchOBull

I read an article one time that basically deduced corked bats were more of a hindrance than a help. Essentially, the ratio of increased speed to reduced mass didn't create the superior rebound that was imagined...there was no aluminum bat effect.

The conclusion was players would be better off taking batting practice with and/or swinging a substantially weighted bat (ie. Frank Thomas' famous rebar), then dropping down to 31.5 or 32 oz for the real deal.


How true this is, I don't know, but I wish I could find the article.

digicat

Interesting corked bat article.

vladguerrero

<< <i>Im sure Mantle had/used many corked bats in his career... it was common back then to mess around with corking bats... no biggy IMO, similar to pitchers scuffing balls.

you still have to hit the ball with that bat

Robin Yount had a famous corked bat too, Im sure many more players have them floating around the hobby... >>



I agree with this.

vols1

This seems to indicate that Mantle's corked bat was heaver than the uncorked!

"MEARS' detective work over four decades later proves the veracity of the tale, finding factory shipping records of nine ash bats measuring thirty-six inches in length and thirty-two ounces in weight shipped to Mantle on June 21, 1965. These bats, which match the presented specimen, were Mantle's only M110's ordered during the applicable Hillerich & Bradsby labeling period, leaving no question but that this is one of those nine bats from the June order."

Mantle Bat

stown

<< <i>I read an article one time that basically deduced corked bats were more of a hindrance than a help. Essentially, the ratio of increased speed to reduced mass didn't create the superior rebound that was imagined...there was no aluminum bat effect.

The conclusion was players would be better off taking batting practice with and/or swinging a substantially weighted bat (ie. Frank Thomas' famous rebar), then dropping down to 31.5 or 32 oz for the real deal.


How true this is, I don't know, but I wish I could find the article. >>



I recall reading a similar article after Billy Hatcher's bat exploded back in the late 80s. Think it was from the Post...