Louisville Slugger

Louisville Slugger

Louisville Slugger is a company that manufactures bats, and is known as the official bat of major league baseball. Come world series time, the company makes custom bats for each player.

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A Montana jury will decide whether a baseball bat manufacturer can be held liable for the death of an 18-year-old pitcher who was hit in the head by a hard line drive. Hillerich & Bradsby, manufacturers of Louisville Slugger bats, is being sued by the mother of Brandon Patch, who died in 2003 after a batter using an aluminum bat smacked a ball so hard that Patch had little time to react. Patch's family contends the aluminum bat is unreasonably dangerous. Attorneys for Hillerich & Bradsby contend aluminum bats are no more dangerous than wooden bats. The jury trial is expected to go through ... Read Full Story
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A couple of releases for you todays as we get CBS Sports coverage details for "Masters Live" online and news from MLB of a new logo on Louisville Slugger Bats. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO FEATURE SPECIAL LOGO ON LOUISVILLE SLUGGER BATS IN 2009 TO COMMEMORATE 125th ANNIVERSARY Only Third Time in 125-Year History a Special Logo Will Appear on MLB Bats Major League Baseball today announced all bats made and used throughout the 2009 season by Louisville Slugger, the Official bat of MLB, will contain a special logo commemorating Louisville Slugger’s 125-year anniversary. This logo marks the third time in Louisville Slugger’s 125-year history ... Read Full Story
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Hotels in Louisville are still available for the May 2 Kentucky Derby. Rates start as low as $195 a night, though most hotels require at least a two-night stay, according to the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau, which says rooms are often available through late April. The CVB can help you find a room at 888-568-4784 or visit http://www.gotolouisville.com. Note that most fine restaurants in Louisville offer an abbreviated menu Derby Day with two seatings around 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Reservations are often required. For tickets to the Derby, or the fillies-only Kentucky Oaks race held the day before, visit http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/tickets/buy. General admission ... Read Full Story
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Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory announced the return of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang with a new temporary exhibition entitled Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!. The exhibit, developed with the Charles M. Schulz Museum, opens Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 4, 2010. The 2009 debut of Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! marks the beginning of a three-year agreement to bring the exhibit to Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory during the holiday season. Admission to the exhibit is included with a Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory ticket. The heartwarming collection honors the 1965 classic television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas with ... Read Full Story
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A Helena District Court jury has awarded actual damages of $850,000 to the family of Miles City American Legion baseball player Brandon Patch, who died six years ago when he was hit in the head with a baseball hit off an aluminum bat. The jury’s verdict was pronounced late on Wedensday against Hillerich & Bradsby for failure to place warnings on the product. However, the jury decided the product was not defective. Debbie Patch sued Hillerich & Bradsby, the makers of Louisville Slugger baseball bats, claiming the company manufactured an unreasonably dangerous product. Patch’s attorney Joe White had argued the bat in question has ... Read Full Story
And Harold (21 taters) Reynolds should know… Citi Field’s reputation as a difficult park for hitters may make free-agent sluggers shy away from joining the Mets, some in baseball say. Players will be acutely aware of how their stats might suffer if they played half their games at Citi Field and how much plummeting power totals could hurt their future earnings. “Guys come up with reasons they don’t want to go someplace,” one agent says. “It’s...  
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Workers at Hillerich & Bradsby Co.’s Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory on West Main Street started work Thursday producing baseball bats for Philadelphia Phillies players who will play in this year’s World Series.  
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WARNING: IF YOU READ THIS THERE'S A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU, INCLUDING DEATH. QUOTE LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Montana jury took a swing at the makers of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat.The panel ruled in favor of a family who sued the company for not warning users about the dangers of using aluminum bats.The verdict means Hillerich and Bradsby is on the hook for $850,000. The company said it's not sure what it means...  
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I imagine it went down like this: One night over drinks, a couple lawyers got together and started one-upping one another with crazy boasts. At the end of the night, one of them said, "Dude, I could sue Louisville Slugger for making baseball bats. And win!" The other lawyer thought this was ludicrous and bet him that he couldn't. Well, the other lawyer lost that bet. WAVE 3 TV in Louisville reports that a Montana jury has found that...  
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Make it to the World Series as a player these days and you're guaranteed a year-end bonus, win or lose, in the neighborhood of a quarter million dollars. You'll also get, shipped up from the Louisville Slugger Bat Factory, a batch of custom-made game-ready baseball bats, with "2009 WORLD SERIES" seared into the barrel right under your name. "Except the relief pitchers," says Dan Cohen, curator of the factory's museum. "They're on their own."  
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Louisville Slugger, celebrating 125 years in baseball this season, proudly announced the 2009 Silver Slugger Award winners tonight in a special hour-long telecast on MLB Network. There were many familiar faces among the 18 winners of the top offensive award in Major League Baseball.  
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We've seen our fair share of appropriately shaped, if absurd, Wii remotes: the Wii bowling ball, the Wii spray paint can, and the Wii maracas. Now, for enthusiasts of 'Wii Sports' and other baseball titles, Solutions 2 Go brings the officially licensed Louisville Slugger bat attachment to your Wii-mote. It's made of foam, costs $15 at Toys R Us, and snaps onto your separately sold Wii remote. If the developers were looking to make truckloads...  
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The Louisville Slugger brand is made by Hillerich & Bradsby
The Louisville Slugger brand is made by Hillerich & Bradsby

Hillerich & Bradsby Company is a company located in Louisville, Kentucky that produces the famous Louisville Slugger baseball bat. H&B also makes baseball gloves, hockey sticks, hockey gloves, golf clubs (see PowerBilt), golf gloves and other equipment.

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Besides its products, H&B attaches the Louisville Slugger name to other things as a sponsor. The Minor League Louisville Bats play at Louisville Slugger Field in downtown Louisville. The Louisville Slugger Museum, also downtown, features a retrospective of the product and its use throughout baseball history. The Louisville Silver Slugger award is given annually to the Major League Baseball player with the best offensive output in each position.

The Hillerich family's woodworking shop first opened in 1855. According to company legend, their first baseball bat was made in 1884 for the Louisville-born Pete "The Gladiator" Browning of the Louisville Eclipse. The bats were sold under the name "Falls City Slugger" until around 1894 when the name "Louisville Slugger" was trademarked. In 1905, Honus Wagner signed a deal with the company, becoming the first baseball player to officially endorse a bat. Frank Bradsby, a salesman, became a partner in 1916 and the company's name changed to Hillerich and Bradsby. During World War II, the company produced wooden rifle stocks and Billy clubs for the U.S. Army. In 1954, the company purchased Larimer and Norton, Inc., a Pennsylvanian lumber company to ensure a supply of hardwood for their products.

In 1974 the company had relocated across the river to Jeffersonville, Indiana, taking advantage of the nearby railroad. In the 1990s the company returned to Kentucky.

The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory provides tours to the public.Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
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