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| Dec. 4, 2007 west coast johnny 5 posts | bat rolling thanks for the info on rolling and shaving abat your right about useing hot bats in florida century anything goes. naturaly tourny play is asa and they check bats all the time i had a miken pulled from a game for h having a stripe on the handle to mark it . cheers. |
| Dec. 7, 2007 green rocket 51 posts | Not only the ASA, but you can expect all associations to have their umpires and officals check bats real close thoughout next season and beyond. There was an unfortunate incident in the Northern California ASA leagues, where a pitcher was hit in the face which eventually turned out to be an illegal doctored bat. I believe the batter has been banned for life in the ASA and is liable for the medical bills incurred. ASA has always been testy on bats, but this sets a new standard which they will abide by. I'm sure the other associations will follow suit. Even in the past, the Mikken distributor gave us umpires a small clinic on possible doctoring of bats, you see something like that makes all of us look bad from the bat manufacturers, to the association and TD, down to the officating. I do not really see widespread bat altering in Seniors because they already use one of the hottest bats in the sport. So if you see the umpires next year going though your equiptment, be tolerant. One bad apple did this. |
