BBCOR Bat with Chipped Paint -- Is It Still Legal

Yes.

If the paint is already chipping..I'd have the young man ask for the bat to be replaced by Demarini! Also if the chipped areas are defacing the baseball he would have to take the bat out of play.

Like POLOGREEN said, unless it is defacing the ball, it is fine. I also agree that the player should ask the manufacturer for a replacement if it wasn't caused by negligence (I still can't believe how many players bang their $300-500 bat on their spikes).

Can rolling the bat cause chipping?

Nothing makes a parent's day more than leaving work early to watch his kid strike out, walk back to the dugout and whack his $300 on a fence pole.

I told my kid early on, the day he does that is the day he becomes a pitcher only.

yawetag I don't know if it can cause chipping BUT tampering with a bat is a FEDERAL OFFENSE!

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Originally posted by JMoff:
Nothing makes a parent's day more than leaving work early to watch his kid strike out, walk back to the dugout and whack his $300 on a fence pole.

I told my kid early on, the day he does that is the day he becomes a pitcher only.

Mine knew he would have been going in for a batectomy. He threw one bat at the on deck circle and I was all over him.

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Originally posted by POLOGREEN:
yawetag I don't know if it can cause chipping BUT tampering with a bat is a FEDERAL OFFENSE!

Punishable by up to 7 innings on the bench.

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Originally posted by Michael S. Taylor:

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Originally posted by JMoff:
Nothing makes a parent's day more than leaving work early to watch his kid strike out, walk back to the dugout and whack his $300 on a fence pole.

I told my kid early on, the day he does that is the day he becomes a pitcher only.

Mine knew he would have been going in for a batectomy. He threw one bat at the on deck circle and I was all over him.

It's even worse when your nice guy son lets another kid use your 300 dollar bat only to have that kid slam it on the ground after striking out.

Luckily the bat was fine but the kid was informed that he is not to use any of my son's equipment again. I kinda said it in a little more forceful manner than that though. Scared the heck out of an 8th grader.

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Originally posted by Wklink:
I kinda said it in a little more forceful manner than that though. Scared the heck out of an 8th grader.

Good. They don't get enough of that these days.

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Originally posted by drmike29:
One of my players has a white Demarini Voodoo BBCOR bat that has several areas of paint chipping on the barrel. The bat has absolutely no dents or cracks. The BBCOR stamp is easily visible. This cosmetic change to the bat should not affect its performance. Is this bat still legal for high school baseball game use?

I just noticed it was your first post. Welcome to the board from Salisbury,MD.

Thanks for the responses and for the kind welcome.