That should be illegal. It’s funny, but that’s should not be legal.
I can accept many things, like positioning the label of the bat in a prime position for maximum home runs, but the shape should not change.
The photo is fake.
like positioning the label of the bat in a prime position for maximum home runs,
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The label is to dindicate the direction of the grain.
Label up is grain paralled to the ground, maximum strength direction for the wood.
Grain perp. to the ground sets the bat up for fracture.
Looks more like a mace than a baseball bat.