History of Louisville, Kentucky charter member. While the Grays were a relatively short-lived team, playing for only two years, they began a much longer lasting relationship between the city and baseball. In 1883, John "Bud" Hillerich made his first baseball bat from white ash in his father's wood shop. The first bat was produced for Pete "The Gladiator" Browning of the Louisville Eclipse (minor league team). The bats eventually become known by the popular name, "Louisville Slugger", and the local company Hillerich & Bradsby rapidly became one of the largest manufacturers of baseball bats and other sporting equipment in the world. Today, Hillerich &
Doe-Anderson Inc. a Victorian home on East Broadway in 1972. The agency now resides in the Doe-Anderson Building on Main Street. Doe-Anderson Inc. Doe-Anderson Inc. is one of the oldest continuously operating advertising agencies in the United States; , it is the third oldest independent agency in the US. The agency has served some of its clients for more than 40 years, including iconic brands Maker's Mark bourbon and Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of Louisville Slugger bats and equipment. In business since 1915, Doe-Anderson currently has 111 employees and offers communication services including brand positioning, strategic planning, creative execution, media buying and