The BPF stands for Bat Performance Factor, and any bat that is BPF 1.15 is illegal. BPF 1.20 bats are softball bats and are illegal for baseball too. This is the Little League standard since 2018 and has been created to mirror the exit velocity of a wood bat.
Bats must not be more than 2.61-inches in diameter and cannot be more than 42-inches in length from the bottom of the handle to the end cap of the bat.
For some undisclosed reason the Ghost X-30, only in the 30 inches with a -10 drop, has been deemed unfair by the regulatory body and thus USA Baseball has made its use illegal.
DeMarini CF Zen
Two versions of this model were declared illegal – Drop 10 and 9 versions. Later in 2018 28,29, 30, 31, and 32 were also declared banned in 2018. As a result, Ghost X USA was declared illegal in all USSSA baseball.
Effective 9/1/2019 the NCAA governing body for College Baseball will be adopting a new rule which will ban the use of any primarily white BBCOR Baseball Bats. This bat ban will not go into effect until the 2020 Fall NCAA Season and will only effect NCAA Baseball Play NOT High School or any other Leagues or Sanctions.
In football, an illegal bat occurs when a player intentionally punches or otherwise moves the ball while it is in play to create an advantage. These types of penalties often happen after a team has fumbled the ball.
Porter Johnson, a physics professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, explains. In professional baseball, the bat must be made from a single solid piece of wood thus the use of corked bats during games is illegal.
Bat rolling is not illegal. As a matter of fact, all composite bats must be rolled in testing before they are deemed legal for play. This is to make sure that as the bat gets hotter after more use, and it will not exceed the bat performance standards put in place.
Aluminum bats allow baseball player to hit the ball farther and faster than with a wooden bat for a few different reasons. The first reason is that a player can swing an aluminum bat about 5 to 10 miles per hour faster than a wooden bat.
Effective September 1st, 2019, NCAA, the governing body for college baseball, adopted a rule that effectively bans the use of any primarily white BBCOR bat.
Senior League (Ages 13-16)
The bats cannot exceed 36-inches in length, must not have a barrel diameter larger than 2 5/8-inches, and must have a length to weight ratio of drop 3 (-3).
A dead baseball bat is a bat that is no longer performing as well as it did when it was operating at peak performance. A variety of things can result in a baseball bat becoming dead, but it eventually happens to all composite or aluminum bats over time.
A heavier bat will hit a ball farther than a lighter bat, when the speed of the bat swing, the pitch speed and the ball mass are kept constant. Increasing the mass of the bat gives the ball more momentum.
In theory, aluminum bats begin to lose pop over time as imperfections in the aluminum caused by hitting baseballs negatively affect the pop in the bat. While aluminum properties make it so the bats rarely break, they do indeed lose their pop in time.
Please be aware there are two ghost bats – one is legal in USSSA but not certified by USA Softball and therefore not legal in High School or College; the other is certified by USA Softball but not USSSA so it is illegal for USSSA use but legal in High School or College.
Babe Ruth League Bat Rules
Note: Solid one piece wood bats are permitted for use in all divisions and must conform to Rule 1.10. No laminated or experimental bats shall be used in a game.
These bats, the heaviest in the USSSA lineup, are designed to help older travel ball players prepare for BBCOR play. For young teenagers, typically 12-14 years old, looking down the road to high school baseball tryouts, drop 5 USSSA bats are often the best fit.
The CF Zen for 2017 (the blue one pictured below) is illegal in USSSA play. That is the 2 3/4 drop 10. As well, the 2017 CF Zen in a 2 5/8 with a drop 8 (that is a green/white version pictured below) is also illegal. DeMarini made new versions of these bats that have an orange end cap and a new serial number.
On Feb. 21, the NCAA sent out an email to coaches and athletic directors to tell them the 33-inch model of the 2020 Meta (-3) BBCOR Louisville Slugger baseball bat “will not be allowed for use in any NCAA baseball competition,” effective immediately.
Section 5 ART 1c: The Bat Shall: Be free of rattles, dents, burrs, cracks and sharp edges. Bats that are broken, altered or that deface the ball are illegal.
The Marucci CAT 7 BBCOR Baseball Bat: MCBC7 features a -3 length to weight ratio, a 2 5/8 inch barrel diameter, and the BBCOR certification which makes it legal for play at the high school and collegiate level.
The Axe handle is approved in all major, amateur, and professional leagues in baseball, fastpitch softball, and slowpitch softball. Every Axe Bat is tuned to the maximum legal performance under all new bat regulations.
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