Warming of the bat....

NCAA Rule 3.2.5 p 47

This is a common sense rule...

Heaters are allowed in dugouts, but you are not allowed to warm the bats
in a manner that will alter its properties based on the weather

Umpires should let the coaches and teams know, prior to
the game, if they see a heater, as they are checking dugouts, that artificially warming of the bats to improve performance is considered a treatment to the equiptment, and alters it's playing properties..

Penalty...
Batter is declared out and ejected
Bat removed from contest until end of game
Incident report filed with NCAA


Putting them under your coat does not artificially improve the performance, and is not illegal.

 

After returning 4 RT's my DD busted last year in high school, I figured something out. It's not necessarily the cold bat that is the problem, it's the cold balls.

Two of the bats that she busted last year were in practice and on days over 50 degrees. Knowing the practice balls were kept in the storage building in the dugout all night and day, we started keeping balls inside prior practice...... guess what, no more busted bats.

 

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i am sorry for the mis info, cannot find it in the 2008 rule book, will look tomorrow in the 2007 book....i agree i dont think it should matter,bats are expensive.....btw will the cold effect the 2008 rocket tech???

 

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.....I know I'm making fun of this subject....but DAMN!!!! folks!!!, where does the policing of when, how, and where, AND even WHAT, bat can be at the descretion of an umps policy. Umps ck. bats prior to a game, thats it, and thats the end of their PERSONAL involvement with a bat in the dugout, well ,atleast as far as they KNOW!. They have know clue if one bat or another is the one that they checked prior to the game, other than the obvious "illegal" brand name bats. How can they call a game, and still "police" the warming of a bat? And I'll go one further, even though I cooked it too long in the microwave, therefor no longer usable, I bought my DD a gel-filled plastic gig that when put in the micro, it would keep your bat warm for a couple of hrs. As far as I know, it was legal, but me being the Einstien that I am, yep, the same guy who couldn't program a VCR, POW!, right in the microwave! Overdone was not what I intended,....nor was I trying to skirt a rule. I'm glad I'm not a cook.

 

The easy answer is to NOT play in such conditions if you cannot get the bats to a temp that would not ruin them and void the guarantee. If that happened I bet the "directors" of tournaments would soon change the rules

 

J.W. You "R" A Trip !!!

J.W. you are so inventive with your explanations, "You Are The Man!!"

--- J.W. after Jeter's H.R. @ N.C. State !!!!

 

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UH_OH---- FLASH !!!!

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