Posts Tagged ‘ ASA ’

Little League Bans Composite Bats

A moratorium on the use of composite bats in the Junior, Senior, and Big League Baseball Divisions of Little League was enacted on Aug. 27, 2010, by the Little League International Board of Directors, effective immediately. The moratorium shall be in effect until further notice by Little League International. The moratorium covers all games and [ READ MORE ]

NCAA – New Bat Standards coming in January 2011

NCAA institutions sponsoring baseball will be subject to new bat standards this coming season. The new “Ball-Bat Coefficient of Restitution” standard becomes effective January 1, 2011, and there is no opportunity for “grandfathering” old bats. The new BBCOR formula provides a better measure of a bat’s performance and allows the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee and [ READ MORE ]

USSSA Convention News – New Balls & Worlds Dates

On monday novenber 5th USSSA held a manufactures ball test in Kissimmee Fl at the national headquarters. All manufactures were invited to attend. 5 manufactures attended and the end result was the .52/275 ball was approved for play starting april 1 2010. The .40/325 will stay in play until the inventory of them is sold [ READ MORE ]

Bat Rolling – Legal or NOT Legal?

Let me start off first by saying that you only need to concern yourself with whether or not Bat Rolling is “accepted” by the associations. You are not breaking any laws by rolling your bat. There has only been 1 court case in regards to bat altering. The ASA sued 2 individuals a few years [ READ MORE ]