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Originally posted by greymule
It has been checked and passes the ASA standard. What else can you ask?
A new standard.
A lot of SP bats meet the standard, too, and then heat up until they're dangerous. This bat is dangerous.
ASA may have approved the RocketTech, but I've seen it in action. There's no way it should be legal.
Ten to 15 feet farther off a tee? And 50 to 75 feet farther off a pitch.
Yesterday the shortstop playing against this bat was quite talented. Good range, good arm, threw people out from behind second and deep in the hole. But twice she could barely get her glove up for a line drive. I have never seen balls hit so hard by 14-and-under girls.
Perhaps ASA is hoping that girls' FP splits into divisions by home run limits.
I've seen a lot of teams in this area going to those bats.
No doubt.
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I like your thoughts, but we have a new bat standard. And every bat needs to conform to that bat standard to be used (at least here it does). So if the RocketTech conforms to the standard, what's the big deal? Sure, it probably pushes the envelope of the rule, but don't many other bats. (Coaches also say the Mikken's are more "live" than RocketTech--and RT doesn't make a HR champ out of a poor swing).
I saw a girl, about 5 feet tall and 100 pound soaking wet hit a ball about 250 feet this weekend. She's 16. So what bat was she using? The same Easton bat she's been using since she was 12. She just has a flawless swing and connects with the pitch well almost anytime. (I think she was something crazy like 15 for 16 this weekend--against good competition). The Easton isn't one of the "hot" bats. Her swing is so good, she could hit the fence with a garden hose.
Same team hit to shots up the middle, both drilling the pitchers...again, older bats, not hot, but great fundamentals on the swing.
My point: Any bat with a good swing is going to look great. We've come to the point where we have scientifically broken down the swing and can help anyone achieve that swing. Same is true of BB. So even average bats are going to look "hot" with great swings.
With pitchers dominating FP the way they do (just ask Bandit how many innings it took us for the final game this weekend), batters are looking for any edge possible. It may turn out that RT eventually becomes illegal, but until then, we must play with it. I personally like the bat.