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Hats Off to America!

by Monday, May 19, 2014

Source: Dipped Well known by players and fans alike, this U.S. made product has been a part of America’s favorite past time for the past 90 years! Founded in 1920 by Ehrhardt Koch, the New Era Cap Company is an American hat manufacture based in Buffalo, NY, where they employ approximately 400 workers. New Era is ...

Baseball Game Changer: the Louisville Slugger

by Thursday, May 15, 2014

Source: HittingWorld The famous Louisville Slugger was invented by seventeen-year-old Bud Hillerich, whose father owned a woodworking shop in Louisville, Kentucky in the 1880s. Bud went to watch the local major league baseball team, the Louisville Eclipse. When lead player Pete Browning broke his bat during the game, Bud invited him back to his father’s wood shop to ...