 DATE: In the scene before the first game in Cincinnati, Buck Weaver  and Kid Gleason are talking at home plate in the empty ballpark.  Buck (John Cusack) is swinging a Louisville Slugger. While the bat  is probably an older one, it clearly has the "Powerized" label on  it. Louisville Sluggers did not have this label until 1931, 12 years  after the 1919 World Series.