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Less than a week after visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame we
made our way to Louisville, KY to see the Louisville Slugger Factory and
Museum . This is the place that every bat
for the major leagues is made, and we got to see it done. On the day we were there they were making
bats for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Every
major leaguer gets to choose which type of bat they want – what type of wood,
the number of grains, and the color. The
bat is made to the players’ specifications every season, then the team name and the players
name are burned into the weakest part of the bat. If the player has signed a contract, their
signature goes on the bat. If they don’t
have a contract their name is in capital letters. So, the Louisville Slugger Museum has a
collection of iron signatures for every major league player that they use for
branding bats. That collection is
priceless. We all enjoyed the tour and
the boys had a great time in the batting cages.
Now our little leaguers have seen
the Baseball Hall of Fame and Doubleday Field and the Louisville Slugger
Museum. To make our experience complete
we need to take in a major league baseball game. Hmmm…where should we do that?
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