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Old Tue Jan 31, 2012, 06:34pm
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Originally Posted by Steve M View Post
And I'm all for doing what Fed baseball is doing beginning this year - no inspection. The responsibility belongs entirely to the team. Use an illegal bat? OK, I have a book rule to handle that. ASA and all the other sanctioning bodies want us to inspect the bats - it's a worthless as background checks.
Well, NFHS is a different animal as the coaches are acting in loco parentis and do have the authority to speak for the minor.

The bat check is a bit of preventive maintenance, but as noted before, if someone really wants to cheat, there isn't much that can be done about it.
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