Baseball bat with simulated spiral hand grip

A child's baseball bat having a hand-gripped handle comprising a nominal diameter cylindrically shaped length portion at an end of said baseball bat having a spaced apart upper end and a lower end delimiting therebetween a length portion serving as a gripping handle during use of said baseball bat, a cylindrical sleeve of foam construction material of a selected thickness and of a selected first color disposed in spanning relation between said upper and lower ends in covering relation along said gripping handle, a dye of a selected second color in contrasting relation to said first color in an absorbed amount in said cylindrical sleeve to an extent less than said selected thickness thereof, a removed extent of foam construction material from said cylindrical sleeve forming opposite sides bounding therebetween a nominal depth recess exposing said first color in a spiral configuration starting at said upper end and terminating at said lower end, and primarily for display a removed extent of foam construction material forming a cooperating pair of triangular shaped recesses bounding therebetween triangular shapes each respectively contiguous with leading and trailing ends of a spiral configurated shape, whereby a simulated known spiral appearance is imparted to said baseball bat gripping handle.