Above: Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer, center, being presented a Louisville Slugger bat from Dr. George Ochs, president of the Greater Louisville UK Alumni Club at Louisville's Slugger Field, as part of the Louisville Bats' Big Blue Night.  The bat is engraved with the Commissioner’s name.

Below: Commissioner Farmer shows his sons Thomas and Tate his specially engraved Louisville Slugger bat.  

(Chris Aldridge photos)