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2009 ASA Rules
Safety Grip shall not be more than 10.0 inches long and not extend more than 15.0 inches from the small/knob end of the bat. Well, this wording still allowed for the grip to start 5.0 inches from the knob and still meet the state requirement.
However, in the following rule defining the Safety Knob it states that the distance from the apex of the knob to the Safety Grip shall not exceed 0.3750 inches. This meant that the Safety Grip pretty much had to start at the knob of the bat to meet this standard.
Over the past two years, the wording has changed a couple times which eliminated this requirement.
Hence, I cannot find anything upon which to not permit the use of this bat without some form of clarification or interpretation from ASA.
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