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Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory can be found in
Louisville, Kentucky, on Museum's Row, in the West Main district of
the city's downtown area, and highlights the marvelous history of
the Louisville slugger brand of baseball bats that were manufactured
by Hillerich & Bradsbury, as well as a plethora of information about
the exciting and American sport of baseball. In the museum, the
production of baseball bats is explained and shown, as well as some
very historical bats used by numerous baseball greats; like the
1880s Pete Browning bat that was just found and the bat that Babe
Ruth used to hit his last home run as a NY Yankee. Outside the
structure, there is a huge six story bat that looks as if it is
leaning against the building but is really standing against the
building and weighs 34 tons. It has been billed as the world's
biggest bat, but it is really hollow and made of steel, so that it
doesn't deteriorate. The facility is now the company's corporate
headquarters and production plant, with a wonderful mural painted on
the wall that faces the Louisville Glassworks down the street. The
mural is of a shattered window, with baseball that looks as if it
could have been hit by the bat that stands by the factory. The ball
looks as if it was a hemispheric circle made of plastic painted to
look like a real baseball, right down to the stitches.
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