Hit a Home Run this Holiday Season

Your holiday shopping guide produced by the Sun-Times advertising department.

This holiday season, do something special for the baseball fans in your life. Give them a gift that they won’t be able to stop talking about — a bat mug from Dugout Mugs®!

Dugout Mugs® are baseball bat mugs, created to give baseball fans, players and parents a new way to enjoy their favorite pastime. Born from the creative vision of former baseball player Randall Thompson and the business savvy of entrepreneur Kris Dehnert, Dugout Mugs are a home-run gift idea for every sports enthusiast on your list.

When Thompson ended his professional baseball career, he decided to double down on his love for the game and become a college coach for his alma mater, Florida Tech. During a practice one fall afternoon, Thompson picked up a sawed-off barrel of a baseball bat and figured it was the right shape and size for a hand-friendly bat mug! He created the first-ever bat mug in his garage apartment using a chop saw, a vice and a wood-burning tool he bought from the local craft store. “It wasn’t good...but it was a start!” he remembers.

Since those first dream-filled days, Dugout Mugs® has grown into a thriving enterprise offering a wide selection of beautiful, high-quality wooden bat mugs, shot glasses, bottle openers and more. In addition to their Officially Licensed MLB Collection, they have options to customize mugs with a name, message, team emblem or even your own handwritten message! Dugout Mugs® are a special, personal way to share your passion for baseball with your friends and loved ones.

North Siders and South Siders can agree — there is no better way to propose a toast this holiday season than with a custom bat mug from Dugout Mugs®.

We can all say cheers to that!