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Since most professional team sports require their players to wear a uniform, athletes have found creative ways to add a little customization to their outfits. For example, basketball players wear signature shoes, while some soccer stars have gotten colorful haircuts. And while baseball doesn't have that much room for showing off your personality, a player for the Philadelphia Phillies found a way to sneak in a unique quirk into his equipment. During the MLB Little League Classic, Bryson Stott showed up with a bat that looked just like a No. 2 pencil.
The bat was produced Pennsylvania-based bat company Victus, and features a bright pink eraser, green ferrule, yellow body, and black charcoal tip. The illusion worked even better when Stott was at bat, as he seemed to be grabbing the pencil by the tip.
According to SB Nation, this kind of customization typically goes against Major League Baseball rules. However, Stott was given a pass due to the special nature of the match. The Little League Classic takes place every year in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, which hosts the Little League World Series. As such, the audience mostly consists of children participating in the tournament, so a bat with a playful motif was Stott's way of paying tribute to the young players and getting new kids interested in this timeless sport.
The No. 2 pencil baseball bat got such a warm reception among fans, that many are calling for MLB to relax its rules and allow this kind of fun customization. For now, we have those very fun images of Stott with his pencil bat to make us daydream about the creative possibilities of artsy sports equipment in the future.
During the MLB Little League Classic, Philadelphia Phillies player Bryson Stott showed up with a bat that looked just like a No. 2 pencil.
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This kind of customization typically goes against Major League Baseball rules. However, Stott was given a pass due to the special nature of the match.
OMG!!! Bryson Stott’s bat looks like a pencil. pic.twitter.com/1pm4eWLOLW
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) August 21, 2023
The pencil bat got such a warm reception among fans, that many are calling for MLB to relax its rules and allow this kind of fun customization.
Phillies’ Bryson Stott has a No.2 pencil baseball bat today for the Little League Classic pic.twitter.com/yk5vlUjlwP
— MyBookie – Bet With The Best (@MyBookie) August 21, 2023
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