Legal analysis: not illegal. 1, baseball bat belongs to sporting goods, and its advantage is that it can be used for entertainment and self-defense. Baseball bats can protect themselves in the car at night, and natural disasters can break windows. The key is the location inside the car. However, due to its long size, the front row seems out of place, which makes it inconvenient to ride in an emergency. It is illegal to carry and place controlled knives in the car. Baseball bats are normal sporting goods, and it is not illegal to carry them.

Legal basis: Interim Provisions on the Control of Cutters in People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in order to protect the personal safety of citizens and prevent criminals from using knives as weapons to carry out criminal activities.

Article 2 The knives controlled by these Provisions are: daggers, triangular knives (including triangular scrapers for processing), spring knives with self-locking devices (jumping knives) and other similar single-edged, double-edged and triangular sharp knives.

Article 3 Daggers must be held by professional hunters and field workers in geology and exploration, except those equipped by the People's Liberation Army and the People's Police of China as weapons and police equipment. It must be certified by the competent unit at or above the county level, approved by the public security organ at or above the county level, and issued with a dagger wearing certificate before it can be held and worn. Whoever wears a dagger is no longer engaged in the original occupation, he shall return the dagger to the issuing unit and return the dagger wearing certificate to the original issuing public security organ.

Article 4 The triangular scraper for processing is only used by workers in the workplace, and shall not be taken out of the workplace at will. Article 5 Factories and workshops that manufacture knives within the above-mentioned control scope must be examined and approved by the competent authorities at or above the county level, and approved by the local county and municipal public security bureaus, and the production of special knives can only be started. Tool samples and their descriptions (name, specification, model, use and output) should be sent to the local county and municipal public security bureau for the record. Products must be engraved with trademarks and numbers (serial numbers or batch numbers).

Article 6 Shops dealing in knives within the above-mentioned control scope must be examined and approved by the competent department at or above the county level and approved by the local county and municipal public security bureaus. Both buyers and sellers shall establish a registration system for inspection by public security organs. Article 7 Units and individuals that purchase controlled knives within the above-mentioned control scope must comply with the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 on possession and use. The army, police and units at or above the county level shall, with the approval of the higher authorities, order from designated units. Hunters and field workers specializing in geology and exploration should apply to the local county and municipal public security bureaus (PSBs) for the Purchase Certificate of Special Tools and purchase vouchers. Three-edged scraper, with the unit's letter of introduction to the approved dealer to buy.