Re: 72 Super Roadtrip-Coast to Coast
Early this morning. We started at Louisville Slugger Museum
Which is still also the factory
This place cuts down 40 thousand trees to widdle down one baseball season worth of bats
Sustainability (of course)
Back in the day they made 6 million a year by hand
Now they only have to pump out 2 mil since aluminum bats came in to fashion
And they have computerized lathes and cnc
machines. To do it
A very informative tour that they wouldn't let me take pictures of
But outside you could swing an authentic bat used (and some signed)
By your favorite player.
All you had to do is wear their special gloves
That's B's hand to the left. He pretended to hit homers with several
Including a signed 'Ricky Henderson '
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