A Ball's Game

Fact. The largest baseball bat in the world is 120 feet tall! It stands outside the Louisville Slugger factory and museum in Louisville KY. Only two people are big enough to swing this bat, the Jolly Green Giant, and Paul Bunyan. Wait, is Paul Bunyan still alive? C ya next time

Despite making the most famous wood bats in the world, the giant Babe Ruth replica bat outside the Louisville Slugger factory is hollow and made of metal. The bat weighs 68,000 pounds. It would hold 30,000 gallons of your favorite liquid. That should be enough to get thru one baseball season. “Mountain Dew” for me, please. C ya next time

Fact. It takes 40,000 trees to make one seasons worth of bats for the Louisville Slugger company. C ya next time.

Fact. Right out of the box, balls are considered too slick to play with. To remove this slickness balls are rubbed with a very fine unique mud. Every major and minor league game used ball for the last 90 years has been rubbed with this mud. The mud comes from the Delaware River. C ya next time.

All baseballs, EXCEPT MLB ball’s must have the country they were made in tattooed (stamped) on their cover. This is part of a US trade agreement. You will never find the words ” Costa Rica” stamped on a ball. All that extra ink would probably make the balls too heavy for major leaguers. C ya next time.

All baseballs, EXCEPT MLB ball’s must have the country they were made in tattooed (stamped) on their cover. This is part of a US trade agreement. You will never find the words ” Costa Rica” stamped on a ball. All that extra ink would probably make the balls too heavy for major leaguers. C ya next time.

Fact. Twelve (12) Major League baseballs per week are torn down and inspected for compliance at the Rawlings factory in Costa Rica. Rarely does a ball fail inspection. “Torn baseballs, Oh, the indignity. Handcrafted baseballs should never be subjected to such humiliation”. C ya next time.