Pink bat

Players who brandished the distinctive bats in their inaugural season included Alex Ríos, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Xavier Nady, Jim Thome, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Jim Edmonds, Toby Hall, Willy Taveras, Richie Sexson, Mark Teixeira, Travis Lee, Ken Griffey Jr., Doug Davis, Michael Young, Mark Kotsay, Jeff Francoeur, Greg Norton, Torii Hunter, Hank Blalock, Jason LaRue, Derek Jeter, Jermaine Dye, Mark Ellis, Prince Fielder, Jonny Gomes, Kevin Mench, Carl Everett, Joe Borchard, David Eckstein, Marcus Giles, Damon Hollins, Manny Ramírez, Adam Dunn, Bill Hall, Albert Pujols, Tomás Pérez, Craig Biggio, Doug Mientkiewicz, Vernon Wells, and Lance Berkman.

[4] In its second year, the program outfitted more than 200 batters with the specialty Mother's Day bats, including Biggio, Blalock, Berkman, Dye, Hunter, Griffey, Young, Teixeira, Hall, Rollins, Albert Pujols, Rafael Furcal, Juan Uribe, David DeJesus, Mark Loretta, Brian Roberts, Estéban Germán, B. J. Upton, Pablo Ozuna, Kenny Lofton, Nick Markakis, Vernon Wells, Mike Sweeney, Carlos Lee, Delmon Young, Aubrey Huff, Shane Costa, Milton Bradley, Mark Teahen, Royce Clayton, Sammy Sosa, John Buck, Jay Payton, Jason Lane, Michael Cuddyer, Lyle Overbay, Joe Crede, Alex Gordon, Ramón Hernández, Julio Lugo, Brad Wilkerson, Dioner Navarro, Coco Crisp, Hunter Pence, Carlos Beltrán, J. D. Drew, Aaron Hill, Adam Everett, Reggie Willits, Kevin Youkilis, Gerald Laird, Brad Ausmus, Jason Varitek, Jason Phillips, Craig Monroe, Eric Hinske, Rocco Baldelli, Casey Kotchman, Tony Peña Jr., Morgan Ensberg, Nelson Cruz, Sean Casey, Alex Cora, Ryan Sweeney, Erick Aybar, Orlando Palmeiro, Curtis Granderson, Ian Kinsler, Dan Uggla, Paul Konerko, Ryan Zimmerman, Shea Hillenbrand, Brandon Inge, Robby Hammock, Mike Napoli, Luis Castillo, Cristian Guzmán, Gustavo Molina, Justin Morneau, Raúl Ibañez, Derrek Lee, Daryle Ward, Cliff Floyd, Aramis Ramírez, Aaron Rowand, Chase Utley, Ty Wigginton, Ryan Garko and David Wright.

And Hunter hit two Pink Bat home runs for the Twins — a three-run shot in the first inning and a two-run long ball in the eighth — and set a new career high for RBI in a game with seven.

[8] In its fourth year, the pink bat was used on May 10 by, among others: Alex Ríos, José Bautista, Aaron Hill, Marco Scutaro, Adam Lind, Rod Barajas, Kevin Millar, Scott Rolen, Juan Pierre, Rafael Furcal, James Loney, Mark Loretta, Matt Kemp, Brad Ausmus, Mark Teahen, Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford, Ian Kinsler, Jimmy Rollins, Pedro Feliz, Shane Victorino, Chris Davis, Rickie Weeks, Jason Kendall, Corey Hart, J. J. Hardy, Bill Hall, Ken Griffey Jr., Justin Morneau, Nick Punto, Michael Cuddyer, Joe Mauer, Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher, David Ortiz, and Carlos Beltrán.

Some of the contest winners included: In its fifth year, the pink bat was used on May 9 by, among others: Ken Griffey Jr., Dioner Navarro, Gabe Kapler, Chris Coghlan, Jorge Cantú, Cody Ross, John Baker, Omar Infante, Martín Prado, Troy Glaus, Brian McCann, Matt Diaz, Brooks Conrad, Nate McLouth, Eric Hinske, Joe Mather, and Josh Hamilton.