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Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
Inspection doesn't buy me crap except to say that it was done. It doesn't provide safety to the game and it doesn't ensure illegal bats aren't used.
If it really were a serious issue, bats would be provided by game management and controlled - locked up between uses and checked in and out with serial number identification, photo ID, etc. That would be a lot of fun and really add something to the game.
I'm just playing the devil's advocate but I don't really think inspection is all it is cracked up to be.
And Cracked Helmets. Yowza! Do you eject for that? 
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What, exactly, is your point?
Inspection may not "buy" you much. However, FED rules require it, as do some other youth league standards. The point of my post was simple: DO YOUR JOB. If you are required to inspect by the Rules, DO IT. Even if you are not required by the Rules, if there is an accepted proceedure which requires inspection, DO IT.
You'd be suprised at the amount of illegal junk I've seen in dugouts: usually, but not always, the owner of said junk acknowedges that it can't be used, and puts it away/ takes it off the field. By inspecting, at least I know that it's there, & can watch for it, in case some rat tries to use it. As for cracked helmets, who said anything about EJ? You just don't let 'em be used - or do you do nothing is a kid comes up to bat with an obviously defective helmet? Talk about Yowza!