It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

Baton Rouge is a city that loves its sports. While Tiger Football dominates the headlines, baseball has a large following too, as do soccer and basketball. And there s a vibrant and growing outdoor community, active in running, cycling, swimming and rowing. That homegrown passion for sports and athletics hasn t just resulted in some of the most die hard fans you ll meet, it s also given birth to some impressive companies. Really impressive. Local Company Marucci Sports started out making wooden bats a little over a decade ago. Today Marucci is the number one brand of bat used by Major League Players, replacing the all American icon the Louisville Slugger. And that s not all. In the past two years, Marucci has branched out into non wooden bats and other baseball gear and apparel. Last season, 28 players in the big leagues could be seen sporting Marucci Gloves. Michael Uffman is CFO of Marucci Sports. While Marucci is the name to know in the world of baseball bats and gear, Coffey is the name to know in the wor