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LOUISVILLE, Ky– It’s that time of year.   Nearing the end of the baseball season, Louisville always gains additional prominence, providing the bulk of official bats to the World Series teams. 

Manufacture of the National League Champion Phillies’ sticks was already underway Thursday. It’ll begin almost immediately for the Angels or Yankees, when their American League series wraps up.

Hillerich & Bradsby’s been making baseball bats the last 125 years. Its bats have been used in every World Series played, dating back to the start in 1903. 

The local company makes 60% of all Major League Baseball’s bats. Another 27 firms combine to turn out the rest.

Local craftsmen customize each bat with a player’s name

           
      Some jobs at the factory are just too hot to be done by hand

                    
                                  A personalized bat almost ready to be used by the Phillies