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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Manny raises good points.
However, every game is different. A separate entity. I would not let these bats be "made legal" for game one. However, I would do a bat check again at the beginning of game two. If they are not warm, they are legal.
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That was my thinking on this. Would those bats be legal in a game played two days later? The umpires likely would not know the bats were in a warmer, and as long as they passed a pregame check that day, they should be legal.
In my opinion, two days later or an hour later really doesn't make a difference, it is a different game.
I know this was a topic of discussion last year as well at one of the associations. Some umpires say it's out for both games, others say if they are legal when you check prior to game two, they are legal for game two because they are two distinct and separate games.