A process for assembling a multi-component baseball bat includes providing a bat barrel having an end with a plurality of slots and selecting a bat handle. This enables efficient and easy alteration of a produced animation. The impermeable layer 18 extends over the periphery edge of the top absorbent layer forming a hem 26 that is colored green to simulate grass. A head cap assembly is generally provided at a first longitudinal end of the elongated conduit, the head cap including an aperture in communication with the interior cavity, and the aperture dimensioned to receive at least one of the measuring devices therethrough.