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TOPIC: Is hitting your bat against a tree cheating? USSSA |
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| hardlinedrives
January 1, 2008
8:22:59 PM
Entry #: 2531064
| FYI- Here is USSSA's official view on the subject, excerpted from their website:
*Altered Bats - Excessive Pressure
Included in the USSSA view of what is an altered or doctored bat are any bats that are subjected to pressure
in any manner that exceeds that of striking the bat against an approved ball traveling at game like speeds.
Such excess pressure would include, but is not limited to, any compression, rolling, placing in a vice,
hitting a stationary object such as a pole, etc.
www.usssa.com
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| evadellpower
January 1, 2008
8:28:23 PM
Entry #: 2531067
| answer your phone
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| yssup
January 4, 2008
12:20:33 PM
Entry #: 2534397
| please explian that i don't get how that would help seems like that would ruin the bat
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| rayray
January 4, 2008
12:42:17 PM
Entry #: 2534443
| Never mind the bats. What about the defenseless trees being abused! I am calling Green Peace Garvey!
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| hardlinedrives
January 5, 2008
3:02:46 PM
Entry #: 2535633
| Actually, I think you would call the Audubon society for destroying bird habitat. Then give the offender my website address- he can send me his bat and I will be happy to break in his bat for him the wholesome old fashioned way- by hitting softballs at batting practice. I won't even charge for the service!
Softball bats are made to hit softballs, and doctors are for sick people. I'm on your side on this one ray....get it?
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| going ya ya
January 8, 2008
8:54:10 PM
Entry #: 2540075
| i only hit my bats on a tree to break them nothing wrong with hitting it on a tree pole mallat just makes the bat perform to its highest level
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| hardlinedrives
January 9, 2008
2:16:19 AM
Entry #: 2540193
| FYI- Here is USSSA's official view on the subject, excerpted from their website:
*Altered Bats - Excessive Pressure
Included in the USSSA view of what is an altered or doctored bat are any bats that are subjected to pressure
in any manner that exceeds that of striking the bat against an approved ball traveling at game like speeds.
Such excess pressure would include, but is not limited to, any compression, rolling, placing in a vice,
hitting a stationary object such as a pole, etc.
www.usssa.com
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| hardlinedrives
February 4, 2008
11:03:04 PM
Entry #: 2582666
| yssup- regarding your post.
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| going ya ya
February 13, 2008
2:28:52 PM
Entry #: 2598220
| vv is asa not u urip
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| hardlinedrives
February 14, 2008
4:20:57 PM
Entry #: 2600857
| excerpted from ASA's site:
For Immediate Release
Oklahoma City, OK—The Amateur Softball Association (“ASA”) is pleased to report that the
U.S. District Court for Western Oklahoma has awarded ASA $100,000 in damages and
attorney’s fees totaling approximately $12,000 against the first two defendants in the
Association’s ongoing attempts to rid the game of softball of illegal equipment including
painting and other techniques used to alter bats.
In addition to the monetary damages awarded above, the Court entered an injunction against the defendants and ordered the defendants to do the following:
• To provide the names and addresses of all customers as well as suppliers of goods and
services who enabled the defendants to perform the acts giving rise to the lawsuit; and
• To provide the names and addresses of any person or entity that supplied the defendants
with any decals bearing ASA or Rawlings’s trademarks. “While we are pleased with the Court’s decision and feel that our legal position has been firmly established ASA’s work is far from over”, commented ASA’s Executive Director, Ron Radigonda. “We have already identified our next round of defendants and plan to aggressively pursue them,” added Radigonda.
The ASA has established a method for individuals who might be concerned with their past activities. Such individuals can e-mail the ASA and begin settlement discussions that may keep
them from being sued in the future provided they agree to cooperate with the ASA. If a bat doctor would like to turn themselves in, we encourage them to send an e-mail to info@softball.org with the subject line of Bat Settlement Agreement.
If individuals continue to alter bats in any way that contain the ASA’s trademarks, the association will pursue all legal remedies available.
About ASA’s Equipment Testing Program
ASA first adopted a bat performance standard in 2000, relying on a nationwide consensus bat
testing method approved by the American Society of Testing and Materials (“ASTM”). This
initial standard was based primarily on the adult male slow pitch softball player. ASA began
investigating improvements to this standard with field testing in the summer of 2001, primarily
to confirm its application to the youth slow pitch and fast pitch game.
As scientific lab testing and research continued, it was discovered that the performance values of
certain bats tended to increase the more the bat was used. In light of this discovery ASA began
to enforce its 2000 performance standard against these bats, and subsequently “recertified”
several of these bat models after modifications by the manufacturers.
Since that time, “bat doctors” have altered approved bats to enhance their performance and have relabeled unapproved bats to make them appear to be certified by ASA. For more information on equipment matters see the Certified Equipment section of the ASA website,
www.asasoftball.com.
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| going ya ya
February 18, 2008
1:03:50 PM
Entry #: 2606756
| just put on a glove and catch the ball juiced bat or not you still have a glove on use it and hitting against a tree is just a way to break it in.
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| hardlinedrives
April 7, 2008
2:46:53 AM
Entry #: 2694681
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