All About Baseball Bats
By now you may have heard about the upcoming rule change going in to affect on January 1st, 2018. Little League, Pony, Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, and almost every other youth baseball organization is adopting a new youth baseball bat standard: USABat Standard bats. The Integrity of the Game Little League and Pony, the …
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It has just been announced that Combat has been purchased by Bauer. Combat, a manufacturer of high end composite baseball bats and softball bats, after initial success with the Combat B1 youth bat and the Combat B2 youth baseball bat, suffered major financial losses as a result of the sudden rule change by Little League …
Marucci issued the response below: NCAA RULING June 6, 2012 Today we were notified that the 34-inch Cat 5² (MBC2) and 33 and 34-inch Black (MCB11) were decertified by the NCAA. We do not agree with this decision and believe the testing systems currently in place are flawed. Our customers, both professional and amateur players, …
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BBCOR Marucci Black Baseball Bat Banned By NCAA VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL MEMORANDUM June 6, 2012 TO: Head Baseball Coaches, Conference Commissioners, Compliance Officers and Coordinators of Umpires. FROM: Jeff Hurd, chair Baseball Rules Committee SUBJECT: Decertification of Marucci CAT-52 and Black bats. This memo serves as the NCAA’s official notice of the decertification of the …