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A wooden baseball bat made of plural wood sections bonded together to form a unitary member. The bat is composed of a longitudinally extending central member which is cross-or X-shaped in cross-section transverse to the longitudinal axis, the central member defining four quadrants which are filled with longitudinally extending wedge-shaped members, with the external surface of the bat being circular in transverse cross-section and defining a barrel, handle and knob portion, with the barrel and handle generally tapering so as to diminish in diameter toward the knob. The central member is formed of plural wood pieces arranged such that the grain extends generally radially outward on each arm. Each of the wedge-shaped members is likewise cut and arranged such that grain plane extends generally radially outward. Preferably the central member is made of hickory wood and the wedge-shaped members are made of ash wood. The handle of the bat may be reinforced with an external wrapping or sleeve of fiberglass or similar material.
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