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Old Tue Apr 25, 2006, 06:34am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by Steve M
OK, maybe it's just PIAA. But, no certification imprint/mark/whatever on the bat means that the bat is not legal while it may well be perfectly legal in an ASA game.

When ASA started the certification markings in 2000, you are correct. The Fed demanded all base be properly marked.

However, that went by the wayside a couple of years ago. For that matter, in my area, the NFHS UIC asked the coaches and umpire what they thought it should be and he was in Indianapolis for their explanation.

Just another one of those "hanging chads" from my good buddies.
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