What equipment should I check before a Majors game?

Q: What equipment should I check before a Majors game?

Inspect equipment together with your partner. Bats Must meet the USABat standard and carry its stamp, with a barrel no more than 2⅝ inches. Remove any bat with cracks or sharp edges, or one that won't pass the 2⅝-inch bat ring. A dented bat that passes the ring is your call: remove it if it isn't smooth and round or is a safety risk. A bat found to be damaged during the game is removed, but it isn't an illegal bat, so no penalty applies. Batting donuts and choke-up knobs aren't allowed. Pine tar is allowed from 2026. Batting helmets NOCSAE approved, not repainted or taped. Stickers are fine if not excessive. An add-on attachment such as a C-flap needs the manufacturer's notice that NOCSAE certification isn't voided, shown to you before the game. Catchers Catcher's helmet with mask and dangling throat guard, chest protector (long or short model), shin guards, and a catcher's mitt (no fielder's or first base glove). Male catchers must wear a cup. Anyone warming up a pitcher must wear a catcher's helmet with throat guard. Shoes: no metal spikes in Majors. A glove that's too large is removed from play, and action with it stands; report it to the league president after the game.

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Inspect equipment together with your partner.

Bats

Must meet the USABat standard and carry its stamp, with a barrel no more than 2⅝ inches.
Remove any bat with cracks or sharp edges, or one that won't pass the 2⅝-inch bat ring. A dented bat that passes the ring is your call: remove it if it isn't smooth and round or is a safety risk.
A bat found to be damaged during the game is removed, but it isn't an illegal bat, so no penalty applies.
Batting donuts and choke-up knobs aren't allowed. Pine tar is allowed from 2026.

Batting helmets

NOCSAE approved, not repainted or taped. Stickers are fine if not excessive.
An add-on attachment such as a C-flap needs the manufacturer's notice that NOCSAE certification isn't voided, shown to you before the game.

Catchers

Catcher's helmet with mask and dangling throat guard, chest protector (long or short model), shin guards, and a catcher's mitt (no fielder's or first base glove). Male catchers must wear a cup.
Anyone warming up a pitcher must wear a catcher's helmet with throat guard.

Shoes: no metal spikes in Majors.

A glove that's too large is removed from play, and action with it stands; report it to the league president after the game.