Every Friday home game features live music before the game starts. The month of August provides two of
There are few better ways to sp/files/storyimages/a summer evening than watching a baseball game at Slugger Field. Louisville Magazine has rounded up some handy hints and trivia from that incognito insider, Buddy Bat, to add to your diamond knowledge.
1] The Bats’ locker room is equipped with a pool table, foosball table and a ping-pong table. Pitcher Bobby Livingston is an insanely good ping-pong player.
2] Buddy showers with Lysol — he goes through a can a week.
3] Teams play on the ball field’s original grass (bluegrass) laid down in 2000 (many ball parks start with new grass each year).
4] It makes Buddy really happy when fans do the wave.
5] Sections 104 and 105 along the right field line are the best for catching foul balls.
6] Buddy signs more autographs than any ballplayer.
7] Jake the Diamond Dog’s favorite spot to fertilize the grass is right field.
8] Buddy’s shoes weigh four pounds each.
9] If you sit along the first-base line, you are guaranteed to have the sun in your eyes till it sets.
10] Buddy’s pick for the tastiest concession stand snack: chili cheese fries.
