corked bats

A form of corked bat — A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of corked bat
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