It shall be a smooth, rounded stick and made of wood or a material tested and proved acceptable to Little League standards. Non-wood bats shall be printed with a BPF bat performance factor of 1. Bats may be taped or fitted with a sleeve for a distance not exceeding 16 inches from the small end. Colored bats are acceptable. A non-wood bat must have a grip of cork, tape or composition material, and must extend a minimum of 10 inches from the small end.
In all divisions, non-wood bat must have a grip of cork, tape, or composition material, and must extend a minimum of 10 inches from the small end. Use of these substances will result in the bat being declared illegal and removed from play. Let's assume that the ump checks the bats before the start of any game and all are okay.
If one is found to be dented "during" the game, as in this case, wouldn't it be fair to assume that in got dented in a previous at bat or even at the current at bat??? Again, if the bats are checked before the game and all are okay, then if one is found to be dented during the game, I would assume that it happened during that game. I would also think that the ump would declare it an illegal bat and not to be used again. The batter should not be called out, "UNLESS" that same bat was used again "after" the ump decleared it illegal and then the batter should be called out.
NOTE: These are only my thoughts and not necessarily the rules. An illegal bat is one that is 1. For entering the box with an illegal bat, "The opposing team has the option of taking the result of the play, or the ball is dead, the batter is out, and the base runner may not advance.
Since I did not discover the bat at the start, then there would be no penalty unless someone tried to bat with it again. I still think that the catcher was trying to fool the umpire into an out for his team like we have probably all tried in the past.
As few senior rulebooks as there are in circulation, I feel for the umpires and the teams on the details. Thanks for bringing this up. May 24, TexasTransplant Men's 70 posts I tried to make the original post as neutral as I could to see what the response was.
In this case, the umpire, after consulting with the tournament director, called the batter out, which ended the inning. It seems to me that this interpretation could lead to the somewhat extreme situation where a batter stepped to the plate with a brand new bat, dented it on his first swing, and could then be called out for using an illegal bat.
If the bat in question passed muster one game earlier, it had a maximum of more hits on it when it was declared illegal. Undoubtedly the catcher was into some gamesmanship. I think the umpire got talked into something and may have been remiss in not checking the bats immediately before the second game. I'm not am umpire and don't have an SPA rule book, but I thought bats were supposed to checked with a bat ring, and not just by feel.
I'm pretty sure this bat would have passed a ring test. I've got to add though, that this guy was a hustling umpire. He was calling the game by himself and did everything possible to be on top of every play.
I think that tournaments that rely on one umpire per game put that one person in an almost impossible situation as far as getting everything right. I'd rather see the tournaments lighten up on the awards and use two umps.
May 24, T. Burk 49 posts The bat in question wasn't just dented. When it was piocked up by the catcher it was flat on one side approx. The catcher asked the umpire, and he was a good umpire, to look at the bat. After inspecting the bat he asked the catcher if he was asking for a ruling on the bat. The catcher said yes. The umpire determined the bat was not legal, called the batter out, and ended the inning. The Dallas team responded the same way I would have responded.
Eventually it was handed over to the tournament director who examined the bat, determind it should not have been used, removed it from play and upheld the ruling from the field that declared the batter out. All was prperly done. The Dallas argument stemmed from the fact that bats were not checked every game nor were they checked before the tournament.
Nancy as for gamesmenship tag, credit the catcher with a heads up question of the bat and perhaps knowledge of the rules. Article E A Player found in possession of an altered bat and found guilty according to Article of this Code shall be suspended for a five 5 year minimum. Article E Team discovered to have with in its possession or control of an altered bat may be suspended for a two 2 year minimum.
Rule 3: An altered bat is considered altered when the physical structure of the legal bat has been changed in any way, or when an illegal or non-approved bat has been made up in such a way as to appear to be a legal bat. Section 3 ART. No artificial or intentional means shall be used to control the temperature of the bat. No foreign substance may be inserted into the bat. Bats that are broken, cracked or dented or that deface the ball, i. Login or Sign Up. Logging in Remember me.
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