Won't solve a thing. Bar codes can easily be faked, and I'm not scanning each and every bat at each at-bat.

Actually, there was an attempt a few years ago to have tamper-proof sensors installed in the bat that could be read by a scanner which would would give the specs of the bat. It was attached in a way the bat could not be shaven. It could probably be rolled, but would probably disconnect if done improperly.

But it could not guarantee the compression and would have been costly, so I think it was just dropped. But still someone was at least thinking of a way to make things better.

True, but I can't tell you how many times the "does anyone have any questions" was answered with, "Last week in our game..." followed by something they didn't understand or some complaint about the previous umpires. Love league ball, don'tcha?

That's why the question should be, "Are there any questions on the ground rules?"

Yes ... but to a coach, "ground rules" includes anything the dastardly umpire he had last week might have done wrong (in his mind, of course).

Well let's help coaches better understand what "ground rules" means by not entertaining those questions.

It's also outright improper. Vary rarely do coaches call me as the rule interpreter, despite having my number and email. Let them use the proper method to get answers.

Stop entertaining the questions and they might stop asking (at least as often).