OK, the ASA needs to clarify this...

[JPRempe]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

The rule as written is probably as well written as you could hope. I think that if you started trying to define specific illegal acts, you'd actually make the rule HARDER to enforce. For instance ... if Rolling was illegal, how would you prove that the specific marks on a specific bat came from rolling? No ... I think we're better off just using the terms currently in the rules and asking our umpires to enforce them. I'm sorry you are having to deal with an umpire who refuses to deal with the situation because of a personal opinion of his. I'd treat this as any other situation with an umpire who refused to enforce a rule because of a personal opinion (in my case, meaning ... he doesn't get to work any more games for me if he refuses to enforce this rule).

If he was in my particular association that might very well be the route we'd be going...