batwarmer

ozzy6900 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 26, 2012, 12:17pm

ASA is softball so it doesn't matter whether the item is approved by ASA. This is a baseball forum and NHFS says no to artificial bat warmers. Yes, Rich, it is alright to let your metal bat warm in the sun - just as it is okay to sit on your bat to warm it up.

Of course, real bats (wood) do not need warming up!

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 26, 2012, 04:06pm

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Originally Posted by ozzy6900

ASA is softball so it doesn't matter whether the item is approved by ASA. This is a baseball forum and NHFS says no to artificial bat warmers. Yes, Rich, it is alright to let your metal bat warm in the sun - just as it is okay to sit on your bat to warm it up.

Of course, real bats (wood) do not need warming up!

Of course wood bats need warming up. Wood is not different that any other material. A material's ductility is a function of its temperature. Of course a material's temperature is only one variable in a material's ductility. But wood's natural ductility is greater than metal.

But remember when sitting on a wood bat, splinters are a possiblity,

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MTD, Sr.

EsqUmp · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 26, 2012, 10:16pm

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Originally Posted by ozzy6900

ASA is softball so it doesn't matter whether the item is approved by ASA. This is a baseball forum and NHFS says no to artificial bat warmers. Yes, Rich, it is alright to let your metal bat warm in the sun - just as it is okay to sit on your bat to warm it up.

Of course, real bats (wood) do not need warming up!

Easy now. There are many of us who work both baseball and softball so some points may be brought up based on others' knowledge and experience. With that said, I agree 100% - Yes, the two sports are completely different when it comes to bats.

For those of you "dual" officials - I contacted the representative of the company (I like to get to the bottom of things without wasting much time.) The approval came in 2010. There has been no continual approval. ASA changed the rule and the device is now strictly prohibited in ASA (although I don't expect that to be on the company's website). SOFTBALL INTERP. ONLY!

Rich Ives · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:13am

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Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Yes, Rich, it is alright to let your metal bat warm in the sun -!

Twas an attempt at humor and a poke at a questionable rule Ozzy.

You can't warm it in the sun if you put it on the tin roof but you can if you lean it on the fence?

What if it's a concrete roof, not a tin roof?

How about a fiberglass roof?

Can you leave your personal bat in your personal black equipment bag in the sun between ABs?

Normal ambient temperature conditions in Arizona will yield a warmer bat than one in NY or CT. Should we make them cool the bats in AZ?

ozzy6900 · #5 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 27, 2012, 12:01pm

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Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Twas an attempt at humor and a poke at a questionable rule Ozzy.

I know, Rich... I was continuing the fun.

rbmartin · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 31, 2012, 07:53am

If a player sticks a bat under his armpit to warm it up, I say nothing
If a team happens to lean their bats against a fence which happens to be facing the sun, I say nothing.
If a team constructs an Archimedes Heat Ray directed at their bats, then we have a problem.

ozzy6900 · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 31, 2012, 12:21pm

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Originally Posted by rbmartin

If a player sticks a bat under his armpit to warm it up, I say nothing
If a team happens to lean their bats against a fence which happens to be facing the sun, I say nothing.
If a team constructs an Archimedes Heat Ray directed at their bats, then we have a problem.

I didn't know how that Archimedes messed around with Heat Rays. I thought he just scribbled numbers on parchment and convinced everyone around him that he was smarter the they were.