But in 1872, to deal with the growing sense of personal ownership, a rule was passed that said “the striker shall be privileged to use his own bat exclusively.”
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10 bits of baseball history I learned from "A Game of Inches"
9. In the early days of baseball, players shared bats – sometimes even with opponents.
