Louisville Slugger Mobile Museum headed to Rickwood Field this week

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Louisville Slugger Mobile Museum headed to Rickwood Field this week

Updated: Jun. 17, 2024, 3:39 p.m.|Published: Jun. 17, 2024, 3:38 p.m.

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The Louisville Slugger Mobile Museum will be on display outside Rickwood Field this week. (AP Photo/Brett Barrouquere, FIle)AP

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• Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.com

The Louisville Slugger Mobile Museum is making a trip to Birmingham for this week’s “MLB at Rickwood Field” game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants.

The Mobile Museum will be open to fans Tuesday-Thursday outside Rickwood Field, site of the “Tribute to the Negro Leagues” game. In addition to various historical displays and live demonstrations of how bats are made, a number of priceless artifacts will be showcased in “interactive” displays.

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Game-used bats belonging to MLB legends (and Alabama natives) Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, will be present, as will those used by Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente and others. Fans will be able to hold the bats and have their pictures taken with them.

Hillerich & Bradsby Co., which owns and operates the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, has been making bats since 1884. Numerous Negro League legends — including Hall-of-Famer Martin Dihigo — used Louisville Slugger bats, while Jackie Robinson signed his first Louisville Slugger contract in 1946.

The MLB at Rickwood Field game is set for 6:15 p.m. Thursday, with live television coverage on Fox.

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