Talk about carrying a big stick...

LWW

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The world's largest...
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baseball bat...
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at the Louisville Slugger Museum...
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AKA The Hillerich & Bradsby Company...
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which features some really neat brickwork...
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and sidewalks...
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and even another local biz that took off on the idea.
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The raw wood as it's cut...
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and the blanks before they are turned...
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have been used by such American Icons as Ted Williams...
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and some become historic memoribilia such as the Babe's 60th home run bat, which interestly had a notch carved in the knob for each homer hit with it...
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and while there Casey and Mickey sought me out for some advice :lol: .

A great day trip for anyone who is within close range of Louisville, Ky.

Thanks for viewing.

LWW
 
cool series, thanks for sharing these.
 

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