I was just watching one of those construction shows where they build tree houses and all kinds of other projects for people.
In the one I was watching, they wood burned the kids names into storage cubbies. I will bet many of U owned a wood burning kit back in the day. It had one of those small pointed pencil like irons that U plugged into the wall. They are cheap at a craft store.
Now here comes the THUNDER!!! A player, on his own, requests to have a bat tested. It fails. NO DEATH PENALTY. Tester takes the small wood burning iron and burns an X at the top just below the end cap. Problem solved. SSUSA will never see the bat again and the owner can at least get it back and use it in batting practice. Think about this before blowing it off.
U get caught using an altered bat, see ya in 10 years.