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Originally Posted by EsqUmp
My point is that if the manufacturer didn't create the bat with the grip that way, the bat is altered. The rules allow the replacing of a bat grip. The don't allow moving the grip or replacing one in a new location. The issue isn't that the grip may be insufficient, but that it isn't as it was manufactured. That's my argument for an altered bat.
I still argue that the bat is illegal because it doesn't meet specifications (assuming that some insane manufacturer made the bat that way).
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You couldn't be more wrong. There isn't now, nor was there ever a requirement that a manufacturer's grip be retained or maintained. For that matter, there isn't even a requirement for the manufacturer to present the bat with a grip.
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Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:59pm
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