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Non-Approved Bats
Wallet
Sized Non-Approved Bats List
(current listing as of Jan 7,
2008)
ASA
Non-Approved Bats List with Pictures
(current listing as of June 8,
2006)
ASA
Non-Approved Bats List with Pictures 1 Page
(current listing as of June 8,
2006)
Dented
Bats Memo
It
has come to the attention of Softball Canada that umpires are banning bats
because they do not have the 2004 stamp on the bat. The ASA web site has a list
of banned bats but they also list bats with the 2000 stamp which are approved
for play. Umpires need to have a list of both non approved bats and the 2000
list of approved bats. The following explains the ASA bat rule:
From
the ASA web site at: www.softball.org
under the Equipment Certification link, the following will appear:
ASA
Bat Testing & Certification Program
The
official bat in ASA Championship Play must meet all of the requirements of Rule
3, Section 1 and:
1.
must bear either the
ASA approved 2000 certification mark or the
ASA 2004 certification mark as shown below, and must not be listed on
an ASA non approved list, or
2.
must be included on a list of approved bat models published by the
ASA National Office; or
3.
must, in the sole opinion and discretion of the umpire, have been
manufactured prior to 2000 and if tested, would comply with the ASA bat
performance standards then in effect.
Beginning
January 1, 2004, all bats in ASA Championship Play must pass the ASA 2004 bat
standard. All bats having the 2004 certification mark will be allowed in ASA
Championship Play. Bats that have the 2000 certification mark will not be
allowed in ASA Championship Play unless they are listed on an approved bat list
on the ASA website. For convenience, the ASA website has a listing of bats that
do not pass the ASA 2004 bat standard.
2004
and Beyond Approved Bats
For
a list of bats that have been tested and found to comply with the ASA bat
performance standards, and therefore are authorized to bear the ASA
2004 certification mark
and/or are authorized for use in ASA Championship Play beginning January 1,
2004, please click on the manufacturer below. Manufacturers continue to submit
additional bat models for testing, and the ASA will update this list as test
results become available.
"Grandfathered"
Bats no longer authorized in ASA beginning in 2008
OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK, November, 6 2006 — The Amateur Softball
Association of America (ASA), the National Governing Body of Softball
in the United States, today announced that under a resolution adopted
by the ASA Board of Directors, bats submitted by manufacturers that
were previously allowed a 2 mph variance in the ASA’s test standards
are no longer authorized for use in ASA Championship Play effective
January 1, 2008.
Commonly
referred to by players and coaches as “grandfathered” bats, these
bats were allowed a 2 mph testing variance under the terms of an
agreement the bat manufacturers and ASA negotiated in the fall of
2003. These terms will no longer be in effect on January 1, 2008
thus making these bats illegal for use in ASA Championship Play.
According
to the list provided to ASA under the terms of the agreement with each
manufacturer, the following bats will be placed on the non approved
list on January 1, 2008.
Easton
Synergy2
Miken
Freak
Louisville
Slugger
SB304
SB404
Worth
XGOLD-Fastpitch
XRED-Fastpitch
XPST4
WWSCA
SBWKA
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