[Gulf Coast Blue]

In our ASA association.....we have been told to enforce the definition of "legal bat" for league play.

The way the rule reads....is that the bat rule is for "Championship Play".....i.e. - post season (State/Region/Etc).

We have not gotten a clear definition for FED as of yet.....

I anticipate from the State scuttlebutt....that as long as the bat meets the legal defintion (and is on the approved list)....it should be allowed....but be noted in game reports the schools who do not yet have the ASA certification stamp on ALL of their bats.

I have heard that because of the budgets of some softball teams in our region.....the stamp will NOT be required until 2002 or 2003.

On a personal side note......my oldest has a legal bat.......it pisses me off that (a) it is on the list (b) it does not have a stamp or grandfather sticker.

But by ASA standards will not be legal next year. This was an expensive bat........$159.00 on sale.

She will probably not be using it after this year (and maybe not this year she has grown so much...lol)......but I have two other daughters right behind her that could get some good use out of it.

Joel

As Steve said.......the best way to find out about legal bats is to check the ASA web site......http://www.softball.org

The only problem I have with that is you have about 20 pages of bats.

I also think that the onus should be put on the coaches (not the umpires) to prove that the bats are legal......my daughter carries a printout from the ASA site with her bat highlighted to show just in case there is a question.

[Edited by Gulf Coast Blue on Feb 9th, 2001 at 10:37 PM]