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Originally Posted by Dakota
Such a cheat can also hide the bat during in-dugout inspections, too.
You don't protect yourself from this with an inspection anyway.
Here's a radical suggestion for youth fastpitch: remove detection of illegal equipment from the umpire's responsibility altogether. Make it purely the coach's / parent's / player's responsibility. Opposing coaches can protest if they want the gear inspected; umpires stay out of it. IOW, treat it like player eligibility.
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Because, whether we like it or not, the game official will always be near the top of list of any litigation and there is no one who can prevent it.
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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