Browning was a star on Louisville’s professional American Association team - the Eclipse. “According to legend, the first pro bat was turned by Fred’s son Bud Hillerich for Pete Browning in 1884. This is a favourite, straight from the company’s own website. founded by Hillerich about the first bat ever turned out for a professional ballplayer. There are different legends perpetuated by the current Louisville Slugger Co. The young Hillerich eventually moved to Louisville where he opened a small woodworking shop in 1856 that became successful and was passed down through his family. Frederick Hillerich landed as an immigrant from Germany looking for a better life. 4, 2009 off Jeremy Guthrie in Baltimore, the day after the front office purge that saw GM Alex Anthopoulos take the reins of the Jays.Ĭoincidentally, Baltimore was the same town where in 1842, a young German immigrant named J. The Johnny Mac homer with Hill’s bat was Oct. I’ve used the same bat the last three years, the same model.” I got to spring training and I was back to my old bat. Used it in my last at-bat and didn’t get a hit. I was 0-for-3 and I grabbed Aaron Hill’s bat and for some reason that bat that day felt really good in my hands and I hit a home run the first pitch I swung with it. I remember a couple of years ago, the last game of the regular season, the bat didn’t feel good in my hands. “I’ve experimented throughout the seasons. “I use a 33½ inch, 30½ or 31 ounce Louisville, two-tone,” Johnny Mac said quickly. The current Little Big Man of the Jays’ clubhouse, John McDonald, took a moment to talk about his thinking over the years in arriving at his current bat model, the R2O5 from Louisville Slugger. Then think of the bad choices made by young kids on the sandlots. The Big Hurt was 11 inches taller and 100 pounds heavier than Eckstein, yet his 34-inch, 32-ounce bat compares to the diminutive infielder’s choice of 33 inches and 30 ounces, according to the Jays’ longtime equipment manager, Jeff Ross. Consider Frank Thomas at one end of the physical spectrum and former Blue Jay teammate David Eckstein at the other.
It’s actually surprising how little variance there is in bats among players of all sizes in terms of length and weight. Baseball has been and always will be a game of inches.
Weight, wood-type, manufacturer and length are all negotiable. Baseballs must conform to strict guidelines with no variance, but the bat is a personal choice with only the barrel circumference a real issue. And when it comes to choosing a bat, the options are mind-boggling. No other aspect of baseball involves more myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings than when it comes to the weapon of choice, the bat.
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