bat question

[mbyron]

Non-wood bats can be much lighter than wood bats of the same length. So the ratio restriction limits how fast a given player can swing a bat of a given length. So, yes, that's somewhat to make it more like wood: but the BBCOR and BESR standards are more about performance than the ratio.

The penalty for an illegal bat is that the batter is out. If detected before the batter entered the batters box, we simply disallow the use of the bat. If the batter gets a hit with an illegal bat it's a little more complicated.