LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Will Smith didn’t just launch a baseball into history Saturday night. He swung a piece of history.

With one memorable cut -- a solo home run in the top of the 11th inning of Game 7 — the Louisville native delivered a World Series championship for the Los Angeles Dodgers and delivered another historic moment for Louisville Slugger.

Smith used his D200 Powerized Birch signature model, made in downtown Louisville, to produce the first extra-inning home run in a Game 7 in World Series history. The blast off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber broke a 4-4 tie and gave the Dodgers a 5-4 win and their second straight world title.

Now, a game-used version of that same bat — complete with pine tar smudges, ball marks, and contact scars from the season — is on display

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