MLB Bat

bossman72 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu May 29, 2014, 01:40pm

Straight MLB Rules - A batter comes to bat with a Bamboo bat or composite bat.

Would you consider this a Rule 1 violation and just remove the bat or a Rule 6 violation and call him out and eject him?

bob jenkins · #2 (**permalink**) Thu May 29, 2014, 01:43pm

Rule 1.

Manny A · #3 (**permalink**) Thu May 29, 2014, 03:06pm

Rule 6.06(d) only applies to bats that have been tampered with or altered, not noncompliant bats that otherwise meet manufacturer's specs.

bossman72 · #4 (**permalink**) Fri May 30, 2014, 09:14am

...and if they get a hit with such bat there is no penalty, correct?

Manny A · #5 (**permalink**) Fri May 30, 2014, 09:28am

Quote:

Originally Posted by bossman72

...and if they get a hit with such bat there is no penalty, correct?

That's correct, per the Note at the end of rule 1.10(c):

Quote:

NOTE: If the umpire discovers that the bat does not conform to (c) above until a time during or after which the bat has been used in play, it shall not be grounds for declaring the batter out, or ejected from the game.

bossman72 · #6 (**permalink**) Fri May 30, 2014, 02:57pm

Thank you all for the quick responses!