Does the bat have hands?

[Jerry]

I love it! By the way, when an ump or coach or spectator says that the rule book doesn't say that the hands are not part of the bat . . . refer them to OBR 1.10 which does in fact define exactly what a bat can and cannot be. Specifically 1.10(c). By that rule alone, the hands cannot be part of the bat.

Wouldn't it be interesting if the defense appealed the umpires ruling that the single that was just hit off the hands was made by using an illegal bat!

Jerry