This weekend in DFW

[texdocbay]

they tried to put it back on but was unsuccessful the head umpire I talked to today said the bat should have been confiscated and held for inspection and not returned until the tornament was completed that did not happen it was handed back to the coach and i believe if he could have fixed it in the dugout it would hae been used again. the problem i have is if it was not altered then the game stands and all is well but it should ahve been held and inspected the winning runs were it with tha bat and if it was illegal then the game results were tainted

[NachoDaddy]

well i read all the stuff on the bucket about bat shaving and i was a little skeptical ...thought might be a little overblown...but then last sunday i am sitting in my lawn chair outside the fence and the bat plug comes firing out of this purple stealth straight to the fence NOW this is the same bat used by the biggest hitters on this team and the same bat used to poke a two run home run the previous inning......the team response was to scramble for the endcap and get it back into the bat asap.....of course it was suggested quite loudly that the ump might want to inspect the equipment since it in fact had made the difference in the game from 1 to 1 to 3 to 1 with the two run home run. I did not see any effort to inspect the equipment...At that point I suppose the losing coaches could have asked for the td to intervene and have the equipment inspected for safety reasons. But does blue get any training on how to spot this illegal stuff. why would he not use this flying hint as an opportunity to say look down the barrel to find out if the deadening material had been tampered with. seemed llike a golden opp to inspect the gun while it was still smoking.......I know I know we want to think the best of our fellow man.....I know the team has strong christian leadership.....i know that sometimes the devil is in the details....one of these eternal mysteries that will have no resolution.....

This was in Mesquite right? I saw a team comming out of the dugout after the game with a bat w/no end plug.

[BigYellowBalls]

well i read all the stuff on the bucket about bat shaving and i was a little skeptical ...thought might be a little overblown...but then last sunday i am sitting in my lawn chair outside the fence and the bat plug comes firing out of this purple stealth straight to the fence NOW this is the same bat used by the biggest hitters on this team and the same bat used to poke a two run home run the previous inning......the team response was to scramble for the endcap and get it back into the bat asap.....of course it was suggested quite loudly that the ump might want to inspect the equipment since it in fact had made the difference in the game from 1 to 1 to 3 to 1 with the two run home run. I did not see any effort to inspect the equipment...At that point I suppose the losing coaches could have asked for the td to intervene and have the equipment inspected for safety reasons. But does blue get any training on how to spot this illegal stuff. why would he not use this flying hint as an opportunity to say look down the barrel to find out if the deadening material had been tampered with. seemed llike a golden opp to inspect the gun while it was still smoking.......I know I know we want to think the best of our fellow man.....I know the team has strong christian leadership.....i know that sometimes the devil is in the details....one of these eternal mysteries that will have no resolution.....

This was in Mesquite right? I saw a team comming out of the dugout after the game with a bat w/no end plug.

II saw saw that there too. It was Force 98.

[fpmom98]

pretty sure you are somewhat mistaken. the force 98 bat that broke was a yellow worth bat, this happened sunday during the 11 am game and the girl used another girls bat the rest of the day. the end cap shattered , but was still attached to the bat. never saw what is described above regarding the purple bat. maybe it was another team. plus most of the girls on this team swing their own bats rather than sharing a "team" bat.

[texdocbay]

was not in mesquite

[pbj2000]

pretty sure you are somewhat mistaken. the force 98 bat that broke was a yellow worth bat, this happened sunday during the 11 am game and the girl used another girls bat the rest of the day. the end cap shattered , but was still attached to the bat. never saw what is described above regarding the purple bat. maybe it was another team. plus most of the girls on this team swing their own bats rather than sharing a "team" bat.

I didn't think it was Force....the way the previous poster takes a shot at "strong christian leadership" I figured he was talking about 14U and Axe...can the above poster please clarify instead of tip toeing around the issue.

[dallasFP]

Top 3, no order...
10U Keller: Texas Shock Mansfield, 99 Texas Threat, 2000 Rip
12U McKinney: TNT 97,Force 98, Sliders
14U Southlake: Pool A - Texas Glory, Pool B - Ladycats (Alexander), Pool C - Oklahoma Reign
14U McKinney: Lewisville Force, TNT 96, Twist
14U Mesquite: 97 Texas Glory, 96 Diamonds, Ladycats (Ramsey)
16U Grand Prairie: 95 Attitude, Synergy, TFS 95
18U North Richland Hills: Ft. Worth Batbusters (Rhine), Texas Glory (Poole), Texas Storm

[tshep]

well i read all the stuff on the bucket about bat shaving and i was a little skeptical ...thought might be a little overblown...but then last sunday i am sitting in my lawn chair outside the fence and the bat plug comes firing out of this purple stealth straight to the fence NOW this is the same bat used by the biggest hitters on this team and the same bat used to poke a two run home run the previous inning......the team response was to scramble for the endcap and get it back into the bat asap.....of course it was suggested quite loudly that the ump might want to inspect the equipment since it in fact had made the difference in the game from 1 to 1 to 3 to 1 with the two run home run. I did not see any effort to inspect the equipment...At that point I suppose the losing coaches could have asked for the td to intervene and have the equipment inspected for safety reasons. But does blue get any training on how to spot this illegal stuff. why would he not use this flying hint as an opportunity to say look down the barrel to find out if the deadening material had been tampered with. seemed llike a golden opp to inspect the gun while it was still smoking.......I know I know we want to think the best of our fellow man.....I know the team has strong christian leadership.....i know that sometimes the devil is in the details....one of these eternal mysteries that will have no resolution.....

This bat belongs to my daughter. As many know, this is a great bat that is arguably one of the best Easton has produced. When the endcap came off, the coach motioned for me to come and check it out. My daughter had just hit with it and hit one off the end of the bat and it snapped the end cap off. I showed it to an umpire for him to inspect and he told me to send it back to Easton to see if they could repair it. While I was showing it to him, the plate umpire confiirmed that she hit an outside pitch off of the endcap. I did not put the endcap back in and continue using it. Another girl on the team has the same bat but it's a 31" and used it for the rest of the day....My daughter's is a 32" and was not used for the rest of the tournament. I still have the bat and the endcap and we will be in Grand Prairie this weekend if you or anyone else would like to see the bat and/or endcap.

[texdocbay]

tshep

not your situation

the situation was at a 16u event
i was not slamming christian leadership there is not enough of it
i was referring to the team wanting to pray with other team at the end of the game which is fine, except when you want to pray about not getting hurt with illegal equipment

[tshep]

tshep

not your situation

the situation was at a 16u event
i was not slamming christian leadership there is not enough of it
i was referring to the team wanting to pray with other team at the end of the game which is fine, except when you want to pray about not getting hurt with illegal equipment

My daughter's team was playing at a 16U event in Keller that weekend and there was nothing illegal with the bat. I have sent it back to Easton for repair.

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