Laminated ball bat

A laminated ball bat having a handle end and a barrel end, said laminated ball bat comprising:

• first and second laminae cut from an elongate wood block, the elongate wood block having a) first and second spaced ends spaced lengthwise of the elongate wood block and b) grain running lengthwise between the first and second ends,
• said first and second laminae each having first and second ends corresponding to the first and second ends of the elongate wood block and at least one curved growth ring portion opening in a direction transverse to a line extending between the first and second ends of each of the first and second laminae,
• said first and second laminae in the ball bat oriented so that the growth ring portions are substantially mirror images of each other and the first ends of the first and second laminae are at the barrel end of the ball bat and the second ends of the first and second laminae are at the handle end of the ball bat with grain running between the first and second ends and the ball bat having a generally circular cross-sectional area transverse to the line extending between the first and second ends of each of the first and second laminae whereby the substantial mirror image growth ring portions can provide ready visual indication of tampering with the laminated bat;
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• means for joining said first and second laminae in the ball bat.