How to not sell a call...

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Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

And now all of baseball says that pine tar that goes above the 17 inches (is that the limit) isn't illegal...because no advantage is gained from that. Matter of fact, if there's pine tar that high up on the bat, pretty stupid move, since the ball would stick a bit if it hit that spot.

Doesn't make any difference what the rules are now, the rules then were that it was illegal to add anything to the bat that was not approved, just as it is to tape a softball bat more than 15" from the knob.