ASA Rule Changes

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

My bad, I thought the cracked bat deal had to do with the bats pulled at Nats... since hairline cracks were a main cause of them being pulled.

Hundreds and hundreds of bats at the cost of tens of thousands of dollars..

And ASA didnt even discuss it?

But they saw fit to talk about a slow pitch mat and coaches dress code?

Some times I dont understand ASA.

Wade, the problem is that you focused on the wrong point. The fact is, visible cracks have ALWAYS rendered a bat illegal. The rule change that was proposed was to make any dent render a bat illegal, too.

As it stands, most umpires understand that a dent which still passes through the bat ring makes a bat still legal for play. The change would make any variation in the bat illegal, and that addresses metal bats, not the composites.

I don't see what it is that you wanted ASA to address. Did you want them to make cracked bats legal for play? Or just cracked Stealth bats?