31. "If you're caught roughing up the ball or corking your bat, that's cheating," 32. Such deception is not at all like major league pitchers throwing spit balls or hitters corking their bats _ sins everyone winks at. 33. Yet, for decades baseball players have sought unproven methods, ranging from corking to attempts at the supernatural, to improve their power. 34. "' Corking "'is a nutritional disorder in stone fruit caused by a lack of boron and / or calcium. 35. A corking blocker, especially when pulling out of the line, he was chosen as the Wolverines most valuable player in 1937 . 36. And the day in 1987 when Billy Hatcher's bat split and the tube corking landed in front of Cubs third baseman Keith Moreland. 37. It is seven-reels in length but it speeds by with the rapidity of a corking two-reeler, " the reviewer concluded. 38. After filling and corking , a plastic or tin capsule is applied to the neck of the bottle in a " capsular ". 39. Philadelphia third-base coach Larry Bowa, the owner of 15 career home runs, said he tried corking his bat during the 1976 season. 40. Guerrero, 23, is best known for the eight-game suspension he served during his rookie year ( 1997 ) for corking his bat.
