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Louisville Slugger has manufactured 400 pink bats to support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. They are asking Major League Baseball players to use the bat today on Mother's Day. Fifty players, including Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, Chris Burke and Kevin Mench, have agreed to do so. (Pink is not an approved bat color, but Major League Baseball is giving special permission to players who want to swing the bats on Mother's Day.)
Along with the pink bats, players and all on-field personnel will wear pink wristbands and a pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness on their uniforms. The pink ribbon logo will appear on the bases and on commemorative home plates, and the lineups will be written on pink cards. The bats, along with the home plates and lineup cards, will be autographed by the teams and will be auctioned off later with the proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
