Louisville man remembers the day he watched huge Slugger bat get hoisted into place, at 7-years-old

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- DVDs are still good for something from WDRB's archives takes us back to 1995. When a little boy named Chas Krish, and his buddy Michael, watched a Louisville Landmark get its home.

"I think it's neat because it looks like a wooden bat, but it's really a metal bat," Krish told us when he was 7-years-old.

Krish isn't 40 yet, but we'll just say he's on deck.

"Maybe some gray hairs here and there," he said with a smile when WDRB's Chris Sutter caught up with him last week.

Viewers still recognized Krish from the old clip we played at Slugger Museum celebrated the bat's 30th anniversary at its spot along Main.

"My phone was going off, Facebook comments everywhere," Krish explained.

He remembers that cool October day along Main Street well.

"Honestly it seemed a bit like today," he recalled. "I can remember it not being a super sunny, ya know traffic, not crazy crowded."

Krish had one of those good grandmas.

"She watched us multiple times a week, took us to cool places, like this," Krish said.

She thought seeing the 120 foot tall, 68,000 pound, Babe Ruth model bat being trucked in and hoisted into place would be one of those forever memories. She was right, grandmas always are.

"We were pretty stoked as 7-year-olds," Krish remembered.

If you think about it-- Krish, his grandma, and buddy were sort of the first to do what everyone does now.

"It's absolutely fascinating how many pictures get taken in front of that bat, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," 5th generation bat maker, Bobby Hillerich said.

Those are people Krish sees every time he drives home from work. People that remind him of his sweet grandma-- no longer with us. And, people that are there when his kids take in-- this pivotal part of America's favorite pastime.

“They thought the huge bat was really cool, just like I did,” Krish said.

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