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Old Sat Feb 23, 2013, 08:22am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve View Post
Interesting conundrum on the ASA side, it appears; and NFHS simply follows the ASA standards.

The conundrun is:
1) These three models do not appear today on the Approved Bat list (unless I just missed them; FP136, FP1368, FP1369).
2) These three models do have the 2004 Certification mark.
3) These three models do not appear on the list of bats with 2004 Certification that are now NonApproved.

I suspect the language on the NonApproved list may be the issue; it states the bats on that list failed field tests, and these did not. They are being recalled by Louisville Slugger because they break at the taper so often/easily that LS realized they are unsafe.
Then they are not good to go for ASA. However, NFHS does NOT require the bat to be on the Approved Bat List, so they should be good to go for HS.
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