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| sebaseball |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 09:13:51
Question: Composite bat with a severe crack in the sweet spot of the barrel that goes at least 1/3 around the diameter of the bat. Bat sounds like a tennis racket when it hits a pitched ball. Legal bat for tournament play? |
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| sebaseball |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 21:53:04
Yea, I took it as common knowledge that a composite bat with a crack (especially in the barrel) would be illegal. Glad to know that I haven't woken to find myself in Crazy Land on a Ship of Fools.
This exact scenerio played out this weekend in a 13U event. I'll play nice and not name the offending team or the tournament sactioning body, but according to the the offending team's coaches, they had this cracked bat protested in pool play where it was deemed legal. The bat was protested again in their first elimination game where it was still deemed legal and was about to be deemed legal for a third time in their next game until the opposing coach showed the umpires and on-site director the correct section of the rule book that left no doubt that the bat was illegal. I find it very hard to believe that a high level 13U coaching staff, at least six umpires and a tournament offical all believed the bat was legal. Hello, McFly?!?!!!
The travesty is that that team was allowed to play nearly an entire tournament with an illegal bat. Common sense and/or a quick reading of the rule book would have cleared the issue up the first time it was protested. Instead, they played four games with the bat sending two teams home from the tournament in the process. There's no way to ever know how much the bat helped them, but it is interesting to note that they got shutout in the very next elimination game without it. Something to make you say "HUMMM"...... Poetic justice I suppose. |
| HeyBlue |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 14:31:59
quote:
Originally posted by sebaseball
Follow up question:
Without having looked up the rules on legal/illegal bats, is it a reasonable opinion of Major level coaches, a handful of umpires and a tournament director that a bat with such a massive crack in the barrel is legal & leave it in play? Or is it common knowledge/sense that a bat with large crack in the barrel should be taken out of play?
A cracked bat is a dangerous bat to the pitcher, catcher, and umpire especially. If I hear anything funny I check the bat and throw it out if I see a crack. If I see the crack before the at bat ejections can follow. |
| BREAMKING |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 14:29:48
My father was watching my nephew high school age. He was playing at lakepoint last summer. Anyway he cracks his bat and on way out the place he tells my 80 year old father he needs to stop and get another bat this one is cracked. My dad looked at it and goes oh no problem we will tape it up when we get home and it will be good to go again. lol. I had to call my dad and explain that he can not do that it is not 1950. Wonder what they would have said with him coming to bat with duct tape holding together his bat. |
| Renegade44 |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 13:32:46
Common knowledge. Illegal, out of play.
Unless you pretend to try to rationalize it the other way. |
| ofs13 |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 13:21:07
quote:
Originally posted by sebaseball
Follow up question:
Without having looked up the rules on legal/illegal bats, is it a reasonable opinion of Major level coaches, a handful of umpires and a tournament director that a bat with such a massive crack in the barrel is legal & leave it in play? Or is it common knowledge/sense that a bat with large crack in the barrel should be taken out of play?
Should be fairly common knowledge & common sense that broken equipment should not be used, whether it be a bat, a glove, catcher's equipment, etc... |
| sebaseball |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 12:43:01
Follow up question:
Without having looked up the rules on legal/illegal bats, is it a reasonable opinion of Major level coaches, a handful of umpires and a tournament director that a bat with such a massive crack in the barrel is legal & leave it in play? Or is it common knowledge/sense that a bat with large crack in the barrel should be taken out of play? |
| CaCO3Girl |
Posted - 06/01/2016 : 10:13:27
NFHS Rule 1, Section 3
Article 2 – The bat shall have the following characteristics and components.
a.
Each legal wood, aluminum or composite bat shall:
1.Be one piece, multi#8208;pieces and permanently assembled, or two pieces with interchangeable barrel construction.
2.Not have exposed rivets, pins, rough or sharp edges or any form of exterior fastener that would present a hazard.
3.Be free of rattles, dents, burrs, cracks and sharp edges. Bats that are broken, altered or that deface the ball are illegal. Materials inside the bat or treatments/devices used to alter the bat specifications and/or enhance performance are prohibited and render the bat illegal. |
