J.C. Newman Cigar Company showcased the Home Run Humidor at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. The Home Run Humidor was initially previewed at the 2024 PCA Trade Show. It features a series of 50 unique humidors made from game-used professional baseball bats.
“Baseball and cigars go hand-in-glove,” said Drew Newman in a press release before PCA 2025. “These unique humidors are shaped like home plate with five sides. They were handcrafted from broken bats provided by a professional baseball team. Due to league rules, I am not able to disclose the team.”
The construction of the units is handled by Jason LeGear, the owner and craftsman of the Milwaukee Humidor Company. Each humidor is crafted from American maple, birch, and European beech wood, sourced explicitly from game-used baseball bats. The bats are repurposed into veneers for the units. Additionally, walnut details, sourced from Wisconsin by LeGear, mimic the stitching of a baseball. The wood used varies, making each of the 50 units a unique work of art.
“Any opportunity to incorporate handcraft and engineering into art is a challenge I am excited to step up to the plate for,” said LeGear. “The Home Run Humidor is the pinnacle of functional humidor design for me as a craftsman. The biggest challenge has been rendering baseball bats, a notoriously round object, into flat veneer, and then meticulously hand-seaming each individual piece into a cohesive whole, as well as designing a functional humidor of a non-standard shape. Every baseball and cigar enthusiast will be thrilled to be a part of the unique history and celebration of America’s national pastime every time they open the Home Run Humidor to enjoy a cigar.”
The Home Run Humidor has a capacity of 100 to 125 cigars and will include 25 Tampa Smokers cigars. Pricing comes in at $2,000.00 SRP with shipping later this year.
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