The city missed having one of its hallmark enterprises, and worked with the owners to acquire a large building in the downtown warehouse district, allowing the creation of the museum. The skyline is accented by the handle of a 120-foot bat, standing before the museum at a slight, jaunty angle. Ms. Patton said a man recently bought a bat with his and his girlfriend's signatures on the label side, and something else engraved on the back. He gave it to her at the Museum, surrounded by several friends, and under the covert eye of most of the staff. The Louisville Slugger Museum is open Mondays -Saturdays, all year.
Summers are busier than the off-season.
Between April and the end of August, you might catch a AAA ball game while you're in town, since the Milwaukee Brewers' top farm club plays there. Baseball's present and future - just a couple of miles from its cherished past. Mark Glass Mark Glass is a freelance food, wine, and travel writer, living in St. Louis, who, according to the latest stress test and EKG, is doing just fine. All rights reserved worldwide.