Hanley Ramirez and Louisville Slugger have reached an agreement.

Ramirez's name again is being attached to Louisville Slugger. The company has announced it has signed the Marlins slugger to a bat contract.

The contract means Louisville Slugger can put Ramirez's actual signature on bats instead of using block letters.

Cool.  When I was a kid, what seems like centuries ago, there was some weird kind of status as to whose bat you used.  In case you are wondering, and I can't imagine you are, I hit with a Jackie Robinson model.

But I guess what this means is that kids everywhere will be using that thin handled type of bat that Hanley uses.  And that ain't a bad thing.  It really is star status when your signature appears on a bat and especially when the bats are made to your preferred dimensions.

A Louisville Slugger has a warm place in my heart, in fact, should you ever win regular season Ichthyomancy, you get one.