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MLB doesn't allow Bryce Harper's patriotic bat
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Last year, Nationals wunderkind Bryce Harper smacked a home run on the Fourth of July using a very patriotic stars and stripes bat. He joked he would probably get fined because the bat went against MLB's regulations.
This season, Harper had a much grander design in mind. He was planning to use a Statue of Liberty bat -- at least until MLB shut it down. Here's the bat:
Rule 3.