As I said, not banned by the rule book.
I suspect that the ruling allowing the BR to carry the bat to 1B stemmed from cases of batters who would hit a long fly and trot down to 1B carrying the bat, assuming the ball would be caught. They needed a ruling that you're not out for doing that.
But running around the bases with a bat? You can bet that if carrying the bat around the bases ever became an issue, ASA would institute a rule prohibiting it.
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