Baseball bat with oval handle

Claim 1

A baseball bat made of wood to he held by a batter with his bottom hand closely positioned on the bat relative to the batter's body and by his top hand remotely positioned on the bat relative to the batter's body, for striking a baseball, comprising: an elongated body formed of a hard rigid material with a small end and a large end and a center axis extending therethrough; an oval handle portion formed of the hard rigid body material at the small end thereof by which the batter grips the bat with his bottom hand and his top hand, the oval handle portion having a small oval cross-section traverse to the center axis formed by a major dimension and a minor dimension for defining a locked in position of the batter's bottom hand and top hand relative to each other and relative to the bat; a round barrel portion formed of the hard rigid body material at the large end thereof for striking the baseball, the barrel portion having a large round cross-section traverse to the center axis; a middle portion formed of the hard rigid body material extending between the oval handle portion and the barrel portion, which tapers in cross-section from the small oval cross-section of the oval handle portion to the large round cross-section of the barrel portion; and the grain of the wood extends through the bat from the oval handle portion to the barrel portion and is tilted from the major dimension of the oval handle portion.