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TOPIC: Bat Testing |
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| Designated Walker
March 1, 2026
11:27:13 AM
Entry #: 4361902
| Is it possible to get a bat tester for the league? Some of these "younger" guys looking for instant gratification without putting in the work like we used to back in the day. Also, we can shut some people up that complain about a bat being hot or not. We all know when someone that pulls out their "homerun" bat (which they swear passes compression) and when they put it away when they're maxed out.
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| Anchor
March 1, 2026
12:03:53 PM
Entry #: 4361903
| Who administered the testing and does every park need its own machine to test?
lots of questions very few answers.
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| daump
March 1, 2026
3:02:34 PM
Entry #: 4361904
| What exactly are we testing for?
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| Nano
March 1, 2026
10:35:56 PM
Entry #: 4361908
| Bat testing? What is next the gloves, steroids and eye tests?
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| LB4LB
March 2, 2026
4:13:30 PM
Entry #: 4361913
| Test the ball.
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| JAG 28
March 2, 2026
5:43:03 PM
Entry #: 4361914
| Bats are approved or not approved.
You should be able to ask the ump to inspect bat.
If not approved or altered - bat and owner thrown out of game and league/UIC notified for futures.
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| MI5
March 2, 2026
6:30:09 PM
Entry #: 4361915
| Can we get an IQ test for certain blokes?
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| Moulton
March 4, 2026
1:11:25 AM
Entry #: 4361922
| It isn't easy to tell if a bat has been shaved, but it is far from impossible. Check the bat when a little squirt hits a ball out of the park, there is nothing more reliable.
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| Purelife
March 4, 2026
10:51:26 AM
Entry #: 4361925
| When buying a bat…..My goal is to find an affordable solution to help keep my teammates or me from buying something out of tolerance. Doable???
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| Knight
March 5, 2026
4:10:07 AM
Entry #: 4361934
| All of this testing chat is driving me batty.
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| miknuj@
March 5, 2026
2:03:22 PM
Entry #: 4361939
| Nobody on my team has a doctored bat we have a hard time with our big shirts.
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| CC & Coke
March 5, 2026
6:02:14 PM
Entry #: 4361941
| Barrel up a ball right at someone?
Yeah, that sucks, but that’s how it goes sometimes. You are ok with that only if your bat is legal.
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| Studded Leather
March 6, 2026
2:39:15 PM
Entry #: 4361954
| How does one buy an illegal bat?
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| LB4LB
March 7, 2026
3:25:29 PM
Entry #: 4361963
| Regardless of the bat. Is there anything more annoying for a hitter than the wind blowing hard straight in ?!?!
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| JAG 28
March 7, 2026
4:24:25 PM
Entry #: 4361965
| Worse than the wind in the face?
Ya, an Ump who doesn't know where 6 feet and 12 feet are.
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| daump
March 8, 2026
6:03:45 PM
Entry #: 4361973
| 6 and 12 are defined by the opinion of the umpire, who has a better angle than you fo in the bench. I have
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| Yaya
March 9, 2026
10:11:31 AM
Entry #: 4361985
| Illegal pitches are the hardest thing for an umpire to call. Players use the lack of a call as an excuse when they get put. Swing the bat!
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| 4545PB
March 9, 2026
6:58:36 PM
Entry #: 4361989
| Many players tend to rely on external factors as excuses for their poor swings or for being eliminated from that AB. Instead of focusing on what might have gone wrong or blaming circumstances, it's essential to take responsibility for one's performance. Sometimes, it's better to stay quiet, reflect on your actions, and concentrate on how to improve rather than making excuses.
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| Ouptire
March 10, 2026
6:17:30 AM
Entry #: 4361996
| The one and one count helps the decision-making process, put the ball in play.
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| E eccezionale
March 10, 2026
4:42:06 PM
Entry #: 4362006
| Standing in the outfield waiting for batters to swing before they get a strike sometimes or sometimes working the count to 3-2 can really be tough on fielders on very hotor cold night. How many times do we not get into the 7th inning costing players more at bats and playing time?
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| Moulton
March 11, 2026
1:26:20 PM
Entry #: 4362011
| The designated walker like the one and one count. Only three pitches to achieve his goal of walking every at-bat.
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| Birkey
March 12, 2026
8:48:24 AM
Entry #: 4362014
| 1-1 has saved this game for me.
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| Larry))
March 13, 2026
12:55:35 AM
Entry #: 4362020
| Why is 1-1 being discussed again?
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| Mike&Mike
March 14, 2026
4:34:00 PM
Entry #: 4362025
| How can a 1-1 count NOT speed up the game? Wouldn't it be mathematically impossible not to with less pitches to get to the run limit? The answer is it DOES speed up the pace of play and that's what we're looking for ... more game action, less standing around and more of a chance to play 7 innings!
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| Peatsum
March 16, 2026
10:29:25 AM
Entry #: 4362035
| It truly works, saves time and we play more.
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| Woodsucks
March 16, 2026
4:38:39 PM
Entry #: 4362041
| Limit the pitcher to one warm up pitch at the start of the inning. Yes, hustle but that's tough to enforce. Another thing that can help the pace of play is ELIMINATE the ridiculous mound visits. This is slowpitch, "strategy" doesn't need to be micro managed at the mound by an MLB manager wannabe! It can wait until you're in the dugout or yell out "hey walk this guy".
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| Green Balls
March 17, 2026
8:40:25 AM
Entry #: 4362049
| The outfielders take a long time to walk to their position, can we speed them up?
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| Labtech
March 18, 2026
11:04:58 AM
Entry #: 4362057
| I was reluctant to play with a 1/1 count but I am beyond grateful that I did. Since playing with it last year my overall health has improved and after a year of mixed results, my batting average is off the charts.
My teammates told me to keep doing whatever I had changed but be more selective is the only change I had made. It has been a game changer for me.
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| Ouptire
March 19, 2026
4:59:37 PM
Entry #: 4362065
| Every year we beat this dead horse. Speaking as an umpire and player the 1-1 starting count does not necessarily speed up the game because not every batter takes the count full every time at bat. It's up to the individual player to speed the game up. On defense, the game is sped up, players are more into the game alert and ready playing behind a pitcher that tosses strikes. Make more defensive plays, less errors, avoid the common delays (pinch runners not ready, snailing on and off the field between innings, not ready to bat, throw more strikes, throwing infield practice balls every inning, etc.) There are a myriad of other hidden time wasters in today's game and somehow we continue to invent more every season. The problem isn't in the count, it's in us in our capacity as players. This notion that simply going to a 1-1 count will be some sort of panacea is wrong. Throwing the first two pitches for strikes is better than a 1-1 count.
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| Knight
March 20, 2026
4:43:50 AM
Entry #: 4362071
| It has always been our responsibility as players to help move the game along, but the umpire should also play an active role. The one-to-one system works well.
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| JAG 28
March 20, 2026
5:10:39 PM
Entry #: 4362076
| Good Knight, the ump can move the game along by an early in the game "calling out/penalizing" a team for tardiness.
Example pinch runner not ready - not allowed to run. Slow coming to bat - strike 2. Slow into the field - ball 2. Retrieve the foul balls at the end of the batting teams 3 outs.
I do believe 1-1 moves the game.
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| Local 1134
March 22, 2026
12:11:23 AM
Entry #: 4362086
| completely untrue 1-1 speeds up play ...as a pitcher i never just throw strikes ..you get ahead then it is time to make a close non strike.just as a batter takes more pitches when ahead ....1-1 does speed up the game ....it is used everywhere
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| Brusher2001
March 22, 2026
2:25:18 PM
Entry #: 4362091
| More observations on pace of play:
I'm pretty sure has a 5 run per inning rule, so the potential for 1/2 long inning is very real so those organizations definitely need some sort of external factor like 1-1 to speed up the game. There's no denying that a shortened count like this certainly helps.
However, when I first started playing non-co-ed ball, I figured that the 5 run per inning limit would be enough to speed up the game - and in theory it should. Hek, how long can it take to get 5 runs in? The answer is it shouldn't take long at all.
From what I've seen, a huge contributing factor towards slowing down the pace of play is the abuse of the courtesy runner rule - this particular luxury is totally abused and wastes tons of time every game.
Sometimes it seems like EVERY batter/runner is getting a courtesy runner when it is clearly not necessary at times. A total time waster.
And then it seems that the courtesy runner process in general is never accomplished in any kind of a timely fashion as replacement runners are often not prepared to be running for someone. More wasted time, multiple times, every inning.
And then there are those way too often instances when in the middle of an at-bat someone calls "time-out" and says something like "Hey, shouldn't we get someone to run for Fat Joe on second base? Who wants to run for him? Common, somebody run!". Then someone begrudgingly lumbers out to second base and of course Fat Joe walks his a$$ in to the bench.
I guarantee you that if this rule is modified that you'll see many more games go the distance. All we need to do is perhaps tweak somethings like: if going to run for someone it has to be done before a pitch is thrown to the next batter. Perhaps we limit how many runners can be used each inning - I mean really, do we really need to run for EVERYONE each and every inning? That' ridiculous.
Jut my 2 cents.
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| JAG 28
March 22, 2026
3:47:58 PM
Entry #: 4362092
| Good point Busher, and I agree re: pinch runners.
Pinch runner rule should vary per division. Example: Open 1 per inning. Over 55 division 2 per inning.
If you want to be cruel get rid of pinch runners in all divisions, You will get some players retiring, hopefully to an appropriate league (where they can even get runners from home plate).
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| Yarbs22
March 23, 2026
3:40:20 PM
Entry #: 4362101
| Couldn't agree more. At the least, the pinch runner should not be allowed for any runner after they reach second base - after only reaching 1st safely. Once they have advanced from initially being on first, there should be no pinch runner for that player - excluding injury of course.
I wouldn't mind if we adopted a rule, that the pinch runner must enter before the 1st pitch to the next batter.
Love the 1-1.
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| Woodsucks
March 23, 2026
5:20:22 PM
Entry #: 4362102
| The one and one count saves tons of time. Cleaning up the courtesy runner abuse somehow will help a lot. The runner is never ready there is constant confusion in the dugout deciding who should run, and teams call time to figure it all out, which wastes a lot of time.
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| Real Koogs
March 24, 2026
11:56:01 AM
Entry #: 4362107
| Glad to read the 1/1 is returning. Having pitched from time to time myself, throwing strikes, was always the intention. A good pitcher observes where the batter is situated in the box. I would always rather nip an inner or outer corner or a front or back edge of the mat or maybe challenge the zone height either up or down and get a quick strike as opposed to "just throwing a ball" and hoping a seasoned hitter will offer at it, that in and of itself wastes time.
I'm not a dawdler I hustle, our coach is on top of who needs a runner and alerting us to that when they are coming up and I'm ready to run when needed. Just saying that there is an inherent amount of time needed to play a game and just as much or more time can be saved by each of us as individuals and as teams by hustling.
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| MBA98
March 25, 2026
3:49:51 PM
Entry #: 4362117
| Missing from this discussion is any data collection. Numerous causes for delays are outlined, but there is no measurement of the impact of these causes. For example, courtesy runners are a clear delay, but how much time per incident is lost, and how many times per game does it happen?
The change to the 1-1 pitch count gave us more playing time for sure. This is very knowledgeable data. Anecdotal experiences are not a sound basis for such a significant change.
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