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Every article I've seen has mentioned the 1% figure when mentioning the difference between corked and non-corked bats. I'd be willing to bet that most, if not all, of the difference is psychological.
Out of curiosity, if the improvement is that small, why outlaw corked bats at all? Why not just allow players to use corked bats? This would eliminate the "illegal advantage" that some players would have over others if they were secretly using corked bats, and apparently it wouldn't change the number of home runs enough that they would have to change the dimensions of the parks.
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