Louisville Slugger: The Making of a Baseball Bat

A bat isn't just a piece of wood. Many skilled workers perform the painstaking, time-consuming steps that create the Louisville Slugger bats used by every major and minor league baseball team in America.Louisville Slugger takes you behind the scenes to trace the making of a baseball bat. You'll meet the people who do all the work, from the forester who selects the trees to the woodturning specialist who custom-tailors the bat to the players' exact specifications. With clear, detailed photographs and a text packed with baseball lore, this book is a charming biography of the century-old star of our favorite national game.