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Old Wed Aug 31, 2011, 07:25pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by jr131981 View Post
i appreciate your responses to not only this thread but to all the threads, its obvious you have a wealth of knowledge.

but you did say that if the cap comes off a bat, that it "clearly suggests there has been an attempt to alter the bat."
No, I said that if you take everything that is supposed to occur, including the manufacturer meeting the specs to which they agreed and a cap comes off, then it would suggest it was done to alter the bat.

If you are going to take everything out of context, please let me know now so I can save the keystrokes after this post.

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i agree there definitely could be a better way to manufacture the bats, but companies dont do whats the best, they do whats the most profitable.
Then they should charge more to meet THEIR promise to meet the specs or not produce bats they say do. In some circles, failing to meet the specs intentionally would be considered fraudulent.

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and btw, just last spring i purchased a brush that has a bat ring built in from my ASA office.
That's fine, but they are relatively useless since ASA eliminated the allowance for dents and dings.

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very similar to this one

Sport About Equipment : Allstar Umpire Plate Brush and Bat Ring PB3 [PB3] - $8.99

please dont fault me for buying what was stocked in my local ASA office.
No, if you had purchased the brush from Sport About Equipment, I would fault you for paying $2 more than what Official Gear sells it. Then again, you can buy a $4 brush and I have never paid for a bat ring. For that matter, I've got a couple hundred bat rings that I cannot give away.
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