(via mlb.com)

(a) The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 23/4 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood.
NOTE: No laminated or experimental bats shall be used in a professional game (either championship season or exhibition games) until the manufacturer has secured approval from the Rules Committee of his design and methods of manufacture.

(b) Cupped Bats. An indentation in the end of the bat up to one inch in depth is permitted and may be no wider than two inches and no less than one inch in diameter. The indentation must be curved with no foreign substance added.

(c) The bat handle, for not more than 18 inches from its end, may be covered or treated with any material or substance to improve the grip. Any such material or substance, which extends past the 18 inch limitation, shall cause the bat to be removed from the game.
NOTE: If the umpire discovers that the bat does not conform to (c) above until a time during or after which the bat has been used in play, it shall not be grounds for declaring the batter out, or ejected from the game.

(d) No colored bat may be used in a professional game unless approved by the Rules Committee.

(via baseball-bats.net)

Today playing baseball no longer means you will experience the wonderful “crack of the bat” sound that brings back countless memories. In fact, wood bats are rare at most levels other than the pros. Below is an overview of the different baseball bat materials available today:

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The following protocol has been adopted by the NCAA and must be followed when baseball bats are submitted for BBCOR certification. To be used in NCAA competition, all bats must meet the BBCOR standard, effective January 1, 2011. This protocol has been adopted as an addendum to the NCAA baseball rules and does not supersede the rules.

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(http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/sports/mlb/mets/mets-fan-sues-over-injuries-from-shattered-bat-20100809-apx)

NEW YORK (AP) – A New York Mets fan is suing the team and Major League Baseball over a flying, broken bat that he says shattered his face.

James G. Falzon’s lawsuits say the severed barrel of a maple bat became “a dangerous projectile” and broke bones in his face during an August 2007 game at the former Shea Stadium. He’s seeking unspecified damages.

Falzon says the team, the league and Rawlings-brand bat maker Jarden Corp. should have done more to protect fans from break-prone maple bats.

The defendants had no immediate response Monday.

An MLB committee found in 2008 that maple bats were three times as likely to break in multiple places as traditional ash bats. The league has since set new bat production standards.

Falzon’s lawsuits were filed Friday in Manhattan.

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