Valparaiso, Indiana
September 20, 2010
Greg has worked at the Hoosier Bat Company for 14 years. His involvement is to lacquer the bats to give them their color. Only two colors are allowed inthe major leagues – black and white. At other levels bats can be red, blue, or
other colors. Greg, and the company, and Major League Baseball are very concerned that so many major league bats seem to be breaking. They think that ash, because of its straight grain may be more resistant to this.
At first Greg was hesitant to show us around the bat company – he expressed worries about insurance. However when he found out that we were from Vermont he changed his mind and spent about a half hour showing us around. It turns out that their bats are made from ash which they get in Vermont from a Vermont provider.
Some of the major leaguers using Hoosier Bats include Frank Thomas, Louis Alicea,Rich Amaral, Sandy Alomar, Roosevelt Brown, Mike DeFelice, Gary Disarcina,Corey Koskie, Dave Martinez, Rey Ordonez, Rafael Palmeiro, Magglio Ordonez, José Valentin, and José Vizcaino.
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