Pink bat and CEO of the Louisville Slugger parent-company Hillerich & Bradsby, made a visit to the Canadian-based sports company TPS Hockey, which had produced more than 400 pink hockey sticks for players in the NHL. Players including Tie Domi, Mats Sundin, Steve Yzerman, Sidney Crosby and Ed Belfour used the special sticks during the weekend of March 17, raising more than $110,000. Hillerich later presented the idea of the Pink Bat to MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and MLB President Bob DuPuy, who "both went to bat for the pink bat". Pink bat In baseball, pink bats are limited-supply baseball bats manufactured
Slugger Ann behind the bar and was the superintendent for the apartments above the building. Several television shows like "Naked City" were filmed outside the bar. Slugger Ann was similar in appearance to Mae West, with a large frame and blond hair. Slugger Ann's closed in 1980 when Ann Uglialoro died. It became a bar called "La Bamba" and the space is currently occupied by the 12th Street Ale House. Slugger Ann's is featured in many books about New York City nightlife and culture of the 1960s and 1970s. A stage play about Slugger Ann and Jackie Curtis has been in the