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bats
My understanding is that, to be legal, bats must (1) have ASA 2000 stamp, (2) be on ASA approved list, or, (3) if made before 1995, would conform to current bat performance standards (umpireÂ’s discretion).
All bats on ASA web site requiring recertification are illegal unless they bear ASAÂ’s new recertification stamp (in shape of baseball field -- different from ASA 2000 stamp). The following three bats are banned and not capable of recertification: (1) Miken Ultra (gray color) Maxload, (2) Miken Ultra (gray color) Balanced, and (3) SteeleÂ’s XXX. [Miken Ultra II is legal and not on banned list, for now anyway].
The most common mistake is for people to confuse the ASA 2000 certification with the new recertification stamp. All banned bats have the former, as it was put on the bat before it was banned. Many umpires get this wrong -- I've seen it happen.
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