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Old Mon Apr 19, 2010, 06:29am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by mach3 View Post
In our league last weekend a bat from mizuno that was bought in Japan came up. Unfortunately my Japanese is not good enough to understand anything about the bats composure.

Maybe anyone here knows the bat and can help!
It is a mizuno "Beyond Max"
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It is not one the bats shown there but comes out of the "Buw League" Series.

I need to know if it would be legal under ISF rules, but further information about it's composure and it's legal status for ASA play might be helpful.
I don't need an information about the available lists, but hints why it would be legal or illegal.

Has anyone seen a bat like that before?

Thanks for your help!

Raoul
Below is the ASA Certified Equipment site and the two acceptable ASA bat certification marks.

Amateur Softball Association of America






If the bat does not have one of these stamps, and I don't believe it does, it is not approved for use in ASA.

This is a list of Mizuno bats approved for ISF play:

ISF BAT STANDARDS
Last update: 06-15-2009
ManufacturerModelDescriptionDate Added
MizunoAX42TP-2280101-31-2008
MizunoTECHFIRE2TP-2080206-26-2008
MizunoTechfireFrenzy01-16-2008
MizunoTechfireFrenzy 2 06-15-2009
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