2018 Easton Ghost

Comocoach said:

As for slowpitch, until the last few years, there were almost always different models for ASA vs. USSSA/NSA. The ones with the ASA stamp would also have the USSSA and NSA stamps. With the 52/300 or 52/275 ball becoming the norm, most newer bats have all the stamps. Several manufacturers have produced ASA only bats, however. Those bats, until the Easton Ghost ( may be wrong on this) , have been legal only in slow pitch and men's fast pitch.

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Comocoach said:

I'm speaking of older model bats being non approved for USSSA. You are correct that newer models just changed the stamp as they still met the association standards
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JAD said:

For as long as I can remember all of the popular bats had both the ASA and USSSA stamps. I am not sure what the differences are in the standards, but if some bats are now only stamped USSSA and some are only stamped ASA then parents who's DD's play both would have to buy two bats instead of one.

I have never played high level slowpitch, but the men's beer league we played in was a self contained REC league and we only played other teams in the league and all of our rules fell under one sanction or the other.

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CoreSoftball20 said:

There ya go...you hit the nail. You brought up ploy, but again went into the associations. That's where the problem
lays. ASA and USSSA will never have the same standards because they each want their money. So, when you have diff
standards, you are gonna at some point have diff equipment if standards are diff as to what is passing and what isn't.

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CoreSoftball20 said:

Actually the opposite...most newer bats for the past few years ARE association specific. Either USSSA or ASA. Dual stamp
bats are pretty much the worst of the bunch and not popular...hence, not many made anymore for slowpitch.

The ASA only bats are far better than using a dual stamp, so most people are buying separate bats because they
want the best for each association.

Fastpitch hasn't really went into this as of yet until now.

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CoreSoftball20 said:

Not correct, when usssa changed the stamp...they required construction of the bat be different. No standard change,
but all bats had to abide by the new construction. Basically, had to do with altering.

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Comocoach said:

Well, I guess I'm just all kinds of wrong.



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JAD said:

Bat manufacturers probably have to pay a royalty to put the stamps on their bats.

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CoreSoftball20 said:

30 and 31s are in and so are drop 9s

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1bucketmom said:

Interesting that I've been receiving multiple emails from USSSSA - advertising LS bats. Hmmmmmm
Even more interesting - they had an Easton stand at Nationals but they don't allow the bat.

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