Louisville Slugger Museum, Kentucky
2. Louisville Slugger Museum (at Hillerich & Bradsby)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
What's Cool: Virtual ball park and virtual ball catch allow visitors to "catch" 90 mile-per-hour balls
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The Louisville Slugger Museum gives the phrase "Play Ball!" a new meaning with a 21-ton, stone sculpture of a glove standing in one hall of the museum. This factory tour (conducted on Main Street) comes close to epitomizing the American dream, as Louisville creates bats not only for the little leaguers itching to take the tour but for the pros as well. The tour shows the process in which bats are made (95% by a machine that takes all of 40 seconds!). It's also a museum filled with baseball memorabilia, including the Sluggers of baseball greats like Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. All visitors leave with a mini-version of the original Slugger bat made on location.
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