TWmccoy
3DX Connoisseur
I umpired Monday night. Rec league, only ASA bats are allowed. During the 2nd game a guy comes up with an OG Freak 12. I asked the guy if the bat was legal in that league. He claimed it was and went as far as to show me the ASA stamp (the bat somehow had one). Guy gets a hit. Afterward I picked the bat up and quickly realized that the ASA "stamp" was actually a carefully placed decal the exact size, shape, and color of a real ASA stamp.
I told the guy his bat was illegal and he feigned ignorance.
I guess my point is, who DOES this? I ump a pretty lowly rec league. These are guys who have very little softball talent and don't know anything about bats. Then I get this one douche who tries to sneak a Freak 12 into ASA rec league.
This isn't the first time I've run into cheating like this either. Another time I saw a guy with some USSSA Combat painted to look like a Worth Toxic. Pretty elaborate just to cheat in league.
I told the guy his bat was illegal and he feigned ignorance.
I guess my point is, who DOES this? I ump a pretty lowly rec league. These are guys who have very little softball talent and don't know anything about bats. Then I get this one douche who tries to sneak a Freak 12 into ASA rec league.
This isn't the first time I've run into cheating like this either. Another time I saw a guy with some USSSA Combat painted to look like a Worth Toxic. Pretty elaborate just to cheat in league.