Illegal Bats

[kepdawg]

What makes a softball bat illegal?

[Emerson1]

Because the ASA says it is

[CenTexSports]

Similar to a golf club but the ball speed off the bat is a lot more dangerous because the pitcher is right in front of the hitter.

I haven't called games in a while but the things that used to make a bat illegal were:

non conforming dimensions
Damage
modifications
design

[Antec]

Most umps check each team's bats before the games

And they are pretty thorough


And good bats cost over $200 these days

hard to find any under $100

[leecofans]

Here is a link to the ASA site and page referring to "banned bats." If you scroll down a bit, there is a pdf of all of the banned bats for 2008.

http://www.softball.org/about/certified_equipment.asp

[kepdawg]

Thanks! I was just curious because I saw a batter called out this past weekend for using an illegal bat.

[kaorder1999]

dont they have to be stamped?

[c-town_balla]

the stealth is illegal....wow....that is the main easton bat....and it looks like most of the TPX bats are banned as well....that is odd