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Old Wed May 22, 2013, 11:38am
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Originally Posted by grounder View Post
so i am clear, in summary, ASA teams can play any type of musical instruments as loudly as they want, bang on anything they want with anything they want , including sticks and buckets or balls and buckets while they are in the dugout as long as they dont chant negatively? i am to ignore rule supplement 49e (about equipment being used for other than its original design) and 49f ( no artificial noisemakers) because those two supplements do not pertain to this.
I think you've pointed out that artificial noisemakers are prohibited in championship play, based on RS 49 (and I don't have an ASA rule book handy to check). The same prohibition is listed in the ASA Code.

So if you were to not ignore it and put a stop to it, I suppose you would be doing something in line with what is written. But it sounds to me--and as others have alluded--that you would be in the minority here.
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