The process includes cutting a wood billet into a bat on a CNC lathe, hardening the bat with a deer antler, and staining the bat with a vivid color. These wooden bats take two to three days to ...

"Just before his passing at the age of 80, [he] had the dream to want to hand-turn a baseball bat on a wood lathe," LaMantia said. "We thought he was crazy, but my dad obliged and purchased him a ...