Altered Bat? You make this call (or do you?).

[Stu Clary]

Something I learned when working men's SP: ALL the other teams have shaved/rolled/otherwise altered bats.

Unless I see something obvious - and I haven't yet - I'm not getting rid of any bats.

[NCASAUmp]

I won't comment too much about this issue, but I will say this much. The problem becomes ten times greater when you have someone in charge who is unwilling to do anything about the problem, including backing up the umpires when they see bats that clearly are not legit.

When you have such a person at the helm, your role as umpire becomes that much more dangerous. Your credibility can go right out the window, not because you were right or wrong about a bat, but because you did the right thing and didn't get backed at the critical moment.