CLEVELAND — Ever wonder how a baseball bat is made?
Well, fans attending Tribe Fest 2020 will have a chance to get an up close and personal look at the “old-fashioned” process of making bats by hand by visiting the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory’s interactive “Mobile Museum.”
Tribe Fest 2020, the Cleveland Indians’ annual winter festival of baseball, is set to take place at the Cleveland Convention Center on Saturday, February 1.
“Cleveland fans are some of the most energized fans in baseball and we can’t wait to join them for 2020 Tribe Fest,” said Anne Jewell, Vice President and Executive Director of the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory.
“Our Mobile Museum is an interactive fan exhibit that has been custom-built for this year’s event. With historic items from Cleveland teams both current and past, our exhibit will be a treat for all generations of the franchise.”
This year, the interactive exhibit will give fans the opportunity to “hold a piece of history” by getting to handle and look at game-used bats from current and former Indians players, including Hall of Famers Eddie Murray, Jim Thome and Larry Doby.
Doby’s bat was used in the World Series.
Bats from Sandy Alomar Jr., Joe Carter, Omar Vizquel, Carlos Santana and Kenny Lofton also will be a part of the exhibit.
For fans looking to see how bats are made, Hillerich and Bradsby Co. will have their craftsman use a hand-turning lathe to showcase the “old-fashioned” way of manufacturing. Hillerich and Bradsby Co. has made Louisville Slugger bats since 1884.
In addition to holding the bats of legends and seeing their creation, fans can win one-of-a-kind items like a personalized Louisville Slugger baseball bat.
The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is home to the largest baseball bat in the world, a 120-foot tall monument to the game known as “The Big Bat.”
Fans looking to attend Tribe Fest can purchase tickets at mlb.com/Indians/fans/tribe-fest.