Reminds me of when Mythbusters proved a corked bat makes the ball travel shorter distances due to the corked core absorbing a large percentage of the impact unlike aluminum which absorbs less of the impact making the ball travel farther due to the higher percentage of momentum conserved in the elastic impact. So if you can hit a homerun with a corked bat, give that batter a medal

announcers are spot on, if he knew it was corked he wouldn't have ever taken a second swing after he heard it crack

The way he kept looking at the bat like he thought there was something different about it, leads me to believe that he didn't know when he took it.

It's amazing how calm the announcers are considering they executed Chris Sabo directly after this game.

The most interesting moments in baseball are when there's no baseball being played

The relaxed vibes of the announcers and the lack of chaotic music and ads makes this the best baseball/sports I’ve watched in a long time

If anyone’s wondering why this is an issue;

He was caught with an illegal piece of timber, which was sent to the umpire's laboratory for testing. It was found that Sabo was batting with a 300 foot tall redwood tree.

these commentators did a very good job discussing what happened.

Those Reds unis were the absolute fkn best.

“It could be perhaps that hes a victim of circumstance”

if he knew it was corked he wouldn't have used it after it cracked

When they asked him if he knew how that bat ended up corked he replied, “Yo No Sabo”

It’s almost like this sport has an extensive history of cheating.

I guess you could say he got sabotaged

It’s really cool how the commentary gave him the benefit of the doubt before accusing him of cheating. A lost art in our day in time