Baseball Myths

Season 5, Episode 14, Aired
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A Bunch of Baseball myths batter up to the MythBusters, with the help of Roger Clemens.''''Does a corked bat hit balls farther?''''Does a humid baseball fly shorter than a dry one?''''The Physics of baseball pitches.''''Is sliding into base faster than running and stopping?''''Is it possible to hit a baseball hard enough to knock the hide off a ball without destroying the insides?moreless
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  • swing batter...

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    By xblvr, Aug 19, 2007 Report Abuse
    So maybe this is un-American, but I have never really got baseball. Give me football any day, but this was still a cool show. So the first myth that is tested is the old "corked bat" myth. The idea that the cork in the center makes the bat lighter and the ball go farther. Not true. Myth busted. The next is the idea that a more humid ball does not fly as far as a dry ball. The gang does find that the more humid a ball, the less bounce it has and the farther it flies. Plausible. The rising fastball, the idea that a fast ball rises at the end, busted. The slide does sliding into a base make you faster, slower or what. Myth confirmed as you accelerate into the slide, but slow when running as not to over run the base. My favorite was knocking the hide of the ball. Have to turn the ball into a bullet to get it to work.moreless

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    • Corked Bat: BUSTED Humid Balls: PLAUSIBLE Rising Fastball: BUSTED The Slide: CONFIRMED Knocking The Hide Off: BUSTED Edit
    • Guest Stars Major League Pitcher, Roger Clemens. Edit
    • The opening credits were altered. Jamie and Adam are shown in baseball players' garb. Edit

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    • Tory: We're sliding! Grant: What? Tory: Do you watch sport? Grant: Robotic Combat. : What? Grant: That is a sport. Edit
    • Grant:(placing a flag on the baseball field) *bzzt* This is one small step for man one giant leap for mankind. Edit
    • Narrator:(revealing the speed of a baseball shot out of the steam cannon)It clocks in at 79 mph, oh well close enough. Edit

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    • Quote: This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. This is a reference to what Neil Armstrong said when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Edit

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