Johnny Bench on Maker’s Mark bottle

Bottom’s up, Dick Young.

National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench is featured on the annual limited edition Maker’s Mark bottle commemorating the Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park, according to a press release.

The label features Bench standing with a catcher’s mask in one hand and mitt in the other. Only 3,000 numbered bottles will be produced. They will go on sale Friday, March 14, at area liquor retailers in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Proceeds from the sale of this year’s bottle and related events will benefit the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum and the Johnny Bench Scholarship Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.