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Article: Louisville Slugger still hits'em

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March 21, 2004
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WHEN Alex Rodriguez bid adieu to the Texas Rangers earlier this year and donned the New York Yankees' pinstripes, he joined a century- old roster that includes such legends as Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio.

But the 34-inch piece of timber A-Rod carries to the plate in the March 30 season opener against Tampa Bay will link him to an even older chapter in baseball. The American League MVP's stick of choice is a Louisville Slugger C271, and it was 120 years ago that a 17- year-old Kentucky woodworker used a steam-powered lathe to turn the original Louisville Slugger bat.

One day in 1884, the story goes, John Andrew "Bud" Hillerich took time off from his father's woodworking shop to ...

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