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smbbcoach99 Sat Apr 16, 2011 08:54am

white bats
 
under NF rules, are bats that are all white legal? I have heard umpires say both yes and no. But, I can not find a rule in the book saying they are illegal.

Thanks for the help:)

mbyron Sat Apr 16, 2011 08:57am

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Originally Posted by smbbcoach99 (Post 750865)
under NF rules, are bats that are all white legal? I have heard umpires say both yes and no. But, I can not find a rule in the book saying they are illegal.

Thanks for the help:)

The color of a bat does not pertain to its legality.

Under the current rule, all wood bats are legal. All aluminum bats meeting the BESR or BBCOR standards are legal. And composite bats are legal if they are BBCOR or they've been "tested" legal (NFHS | Approved BESR-ABI Composite Baseball Bats (as of March 10, 2011)).

jicecone Sat Apr 16, 2011 09:17am

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Originally Posted by smbbcoach99 (Post 750865)
under NF rules, are bats that are all white legal? I have heard umpires say both yes and no. But, I can not find a rule in the book saying they are illegal.

Thanks for the help:)

Without my book, I would say just about every physical characterisic of a bat has a regulation on it, except color.

MrUmpire Sat Apr 16, 2011 09:36am

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Originally Posted by smbbcoach99 (Post 750865)
under NF rules, are bats that are all white legal? I have heard umpires say both yes and no. But, I can not find a rule in the book saying they are illegal.

Thanks for the help:)

An umpire that tells you that should be smacked with one....just to get his attention....then made to read the rule book.

UmpJM Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:32am

MrUmpire,

Maybe the umpire was thinking of the OBR rule.

JM

Rich Ives Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:16pm

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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM) (Post 750903)
MrUmpire,

Maybe the umpire was thinking of the OBR rule.

JM

What OBR rule?

UmpJM Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:26pm

Rich,

1.10(d).

JM

Rich Ives Sat Apr 16, 2011 05:04pm

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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM) (Post 750919)
Rich,

1.10(d).

JM

It doesn't ban white bats. It just says colored bats have to be approved by the rules committee - like all the colored bats you see in use.

Would you ban a black or brown bat, or assume it's approved? How about a blue bat with orange lettering? Maybe a green and gold bat? Isee a lot of colored bats in MLB. Never seen the approved list though - have you?

OBR 1.10 also says bats have to be wood.

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Sat Apr 16, 2011 05:51pm

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Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 750866)
The color of a bat does not pertain to its legality.

Under the current rule, all wood bats are legal. All aluminum bats meeting the BESR or BBCOR standards are legal. And composite bats are legal if they are BBCOR or they've been "tested" legal (NFHS | Approved BESR-ABI Composite Baseball Bats (as of March 10, 2011)).



The latest illegal bat list by the Sports Science Laboratory, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, was dated Thursday, April 07, 2011, at 10:11amPDT. The list contained over 216 bats.

MTD, Sr.

mbyron Sat Apr 16, 2011 07:10pm

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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. (Post 750990)
The latest illegal bat list by the Sports Science Laboratory, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, was dated Thursday, April 07, 2011, at 10:11amPDT. The list contained over 216 bats.

MTD, Sr.

The list I posted was of approved bats.

MrUmpire Sat Apr 16, 2011 07:12pm

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Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 751003)
The list I posted was of approved bats.

They have both lists.

bob jenkins Sat Apr 16, 2011 09:26pm

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Originally Posted by Rich Ives (Post 750982)
It doesn't ban white bats. It just says colored bats have to be approved by the rules committee - like all the colored bats you see in use.

Would you ban a black or brown bat, or assume it's approved? How about a blue bat with orange lettering? Maybe a green and gold bat? Isee a lot of colored bats in MLB. Never seen the approved list though - have you?

OBR 1.10 also says bats have to be wood.

MLB: I think if you take the Louisville Slugger tour, they tell you the "approved color" list.

I'm sure I've seen it somewhere. Since I dont' do MLB, I don't much care. Most of the "off color" bats are composite handles with wood barrels.

SethPDX Sun Apr 17, 2011 02:10am

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Originally Posted by bob jenkins (Post 751044)
MLB: I think if you take the Louisville Slugger tour, they tell you the "approved color" list.

I'm sure I've seen it somewhere. Since I dont' do MLB, I don't much care. Most of the "off color" bats are composite handles with wood barrels.

There's a list of approved colors in my PBUC manual.

yawetag Sun Apr 17, 2011 02:52am

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Originally Posted by SethPDX (Post 751084)
There's a list of approved colors in my PBUC manual.

And what does it say about white?

BretMan Sun Apr 17, 2011 08:24am

Doesn't Little League have a rule against white bats? I've never worked that sanction, but seem to remember reading that somewhere.


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