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Letter to umpires concerning the new ASA bat list.
All,
The ASA recently changed the
non approved bat listings located at asasoftball.com.
This was a recommendation by the ASA Equipment Testing and Certification
Committee. The reasoning behind this was an attempt to make it easier
for ASA leagues, tournament directors and umpires to clarify questions
surrounding legal and/or illegal bats.
The original master list has
been removed and replaced with two lists that separate bats that have
been declared illegal that bear the 2000 mark and bats that bear both
the 2000 and 2004 mark. This master list contained bats that were never
intended to be certified by ASA that were made by bat manufacturers. The
committee felt like this was confusing the issue and making it more
complex than needed out in the field.
Bat manufacturers, against
ASA’s guidance, will continue making bats intended for HR derby’s,
outlaw leagues and other associations thus making it nearly impossible
to continue listing every non-certified bat along with a photo. All of
these new non ASA certified bats do not contain the ASA certification
mark so the easy answer for umpires and league/tournament directors is
as follows:
- If a bat does not contain
the ASA certification mark (either the 2000 or 2004 mark) it should not
be allowed in ASA Championship Play unless in the sole discretion of the
umpire was made prior to 2000.
As always, the complete list
of certified bats can be found in the certified equipment section of asasoftball.com.
If you have any questions
please let me know.
Thanks.
Kelly
The
ASA Equipment Page
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