Hybrid baseball bat and construction methods

A hybrid baseball bat comprising:

• a wood shell extending along a central axis;
• said wood shell having a proximal end and a distal end;
• said wood shell of one-piece construction;
• said wood shell having a radial surface on the outside of said wood shell;
• said radial surface defining the form of a baseball bat;
• a central core centered in said wood shell;
• said central core defined by a central surface on said wood shell;
• said central core comprising a barrel portion extending from said distal end;
• said central core comprising a handle portion extending from said proximal end;
• whereas the diameter of the central core of said barrel portion is larger than said handle portion;
• a flexible rod configured to fit within said handle portion;
• a joiner plug configured to fit at a proximal end of said barrel portion;
• said joiner plug comprising a plug aperture along a central axis of said joiner plug;
• one end of said flexible rod fixed in said plug aperture;
• an elongate woven fibrous sleeve;
• said woven fibrous sleeve having an inner face defining an internal chamber of said woven fibrous sleeve;
• said joiner plug housed in said internal chamber at a proximal end of said woven fibrous sleeve;
• a two-part epoxy embedded within said woven fibrous sleeve;
• and
• said woven fibrous sleeve having an outer face circumferentially embedded against said central surface of said barrel portion by application of outward radial forces from said central axis and bonded by said two-part epoxy.