Oversight in editing? Or intentional?
If a batter steps into the box with a U-Trip-only bat (never had ASA stamp), is it just an out, or an out and an ejection?
Simple question, I know, and my gut instinct is out + ejection. However, 7-6-C calls them out for stepping into the box with an illegal bat, and 7-6-B calls them out and ejects them for stepping into the box with an altered or non-approved bat. ASA defines a non-approved bat as: Quote:
So in 2008, this was a no-brainer. Every bat that wasn't ASA-approved was on the non-approved list anyway, regardless of whether or not it was ever submitted to ASA for testing. The use of those bats was out + ejection, because they didn't meet ASA specs AND they appeared on the list. This year, ASA simplified the process by requiring the stamp on all bats made in 2000 and after, and requiring that they not be on the non-approved list. But all those U-Trip/NSA bats were taken OFF of the list. So my question becomes... By rule, are these bats non-approved or just illegal? This should be a no-brainer, but I can see a coach making the same argument. |
I'll vote for oversight, or something that slipped through the cracks.
I think the concept of an non-approved bat is simple, that is in the year 2000 or later, it never had an ASA logo on it. I'd say that bat never met the specs. I further think that the second part of the description describes bats that may have initially met the specs and were granted the ASA logo. But later on they were discovered to be out of spec. Since it's not feasible to recall all the bats and erase the ASA logos on them, they simply created this category of bats that have the logo but are no longer approved, so now non-approved. The description should replace the word "and" with the word "or". Only one condition needs to be met for the bat to be non-approved, not both. It might read that a non-approved bat would be one without an ASA logo, but bats manufactured prior to 2000 have no such logos and fall under the decision of the umpires for that game to allow their use or not. |
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And I don't care what a coach says, I know better. BTW, that is an ASA Non-approved Bat List. AFAIC, "this is a list of non-approved ASA bats. Since they were never ASA bats, they wouldn't belong on that list, right Coach?" |
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I say the current definition is just an oversight from when they changed the rule for 2009, but one that I wanted to point out. |
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Parse the sentence like this. The official bat shall be [smooth and round to 0.050 inches in diameter] and [bear either the ASA 2000 certification mark or the ASA 2004 certification mark as shown below ( in the 2010 ASA Rule Book) and must not be listed on the ASA Non Approved Bat List.] IOW, the "must not be listed on the ASA Non Approved Bat List" applies only to those with an ASA certification mark on them which excludes all the bats to which you are referring. |
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Mike, I agree with your ruling. I'm just saying that the printed definition of a non-approved bat should more accurately reflect what really is a non-approved bat. |
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The Non-approved Bat List refers only to those that were previously approved and for one reason or another lost that certification. The RULE clearly (at least IMO) indicates that. |
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illegal bat.
sunny and 94 in panama city panama. :) |
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How would you like it if I signed all my posts? :rolleyes: |
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Huh? |
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