Quote Originally Posted by suave1477
Quite of few of the Athletics were not using pink bats. So I guess it was up to the players who ever wanted to particapate!!!
"The thought of these big macho men, swinging pink bats to help women with breast cancer ... what a novel idea," Louisville Slugger President John Hillerich said.

Louisville Slugger was the only company that made the pink bats. More than 400 bats were being made, and each player using the bats are set to get 2 bats each. The goal was to get at least 3 to 4 starters per team using the pink Louisville Slugger bats.

The Louisville Slugger factory started making the bats last week. Players were still placing orders as of Tuesday, and bats will probably be made and shipped overnight until Thursday or Friday.

"The response has been phenomenal," Hillerich said. The game bats, along with team signed pink logo bats, the home plates and pink lineup cards, will be autographed by the teams and will be auctioned off later with the proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Foundation.

The bats posed something of a logistical problem for Louisville Slugger. Each player uses a different model and size, so coloring, branding and shipping them for Sunday's game has been a challenge, company spokesman Dan Burgess said.