Debbie Cook demonstrates the drying rack wooden bats are placed on after being painted at Hoosier Bat Company in Valparaiso. Birch is “more durable, more flexible, more everything” compared to ...

Not only is Hoosier Bat celebrating its 25th year in business, but Cook’s wife and co-owner, Debbie Cook, pointed out that it is now the second oldest wood bat company in the country.

Hoosier Bat Co. owner Debbie Cook holds one of the bats they make with their signature three stripes at ... the company's philanthropic outlets include a high school fall wooden bat league in the ...