Living the American Dream

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Louisville Blogger

Until yesterday I thought the Louisville Sluggers were the local baseball team. Turns out the Louisville Slugger is the brand of baseball bat that all the major league teams use. Despite being Cubs fans nowadays, we still consider baseball worth supporting (!) so we enjoyed the factory tour.
It's just not cricket! Grumpy has an unfair advantage.
"Frankly I think the whole thing's a bit wooden."
This is how they cut the bats out of the trunks, proving baseball bats do indeed grow on trees.
Never kiss your bat for luck until the glue's dried....
Mickey Mantle, the original batman....
This one's Babe Ruth's, which is odd, because I always thought that was a chocolate bar.

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