Sunday morning, we ate breakfast in the rain
and then headed off to Cooperstown where we parked by the Extra Innings store
and made our wall into the Hall of Fame
where we were greeted by Character and Courage
and directed to the indoor ball park to see a short video
before we paid our respects to Abner Doubleday
and heard the tale of Albert Spalding
and paid our respects to the founder of the hall
before checking out the New Moe Berg display
and this hat work by Tony Lucadello who was a Phillies scout for 34 years
and this indicator of where we would be later in the week.
These balls provided a nice display
as we learned about the first professional teams
including Honus Wagner among their players
and saw 19th century shoes
and an inflatable chest protector
before hearing about the bases who rang bells (but didn't really work)
and this picture of the 1915 Red Sox
and the 1919 White Sox (the BlackSox)
and Joe Jackson (say it ain't so ... ) and Red Faber with his glove and shoes
and Walter Johnson
and the Pirates -- Pie Traynor, Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler and the Waner Brothers,
Hank Greenberg,
Lou Gehrig's locker,
Jackie Robinson and the boys of summer,
and their equipment.
Next it was Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub,
and Ralph Kiner
and then materials from the Grand Rapids Chicks of the women's league
before we saw the words to Take Me out to the Ball Game
and materials from the Indians 1948 championship team
after which we saw this demonstration of the science of hitting by Ted Williams
and these quotes from Casey Stengel
and Yogi Berra.
Next it was time to celebrate the Indians
and Robin Roberts
and the Pirates of the late 60's, early 70's
including Roberto Clemente
with the chair from his locker at Forbes Field.
The Phillies of Mike Schmidt came next
followed by Bill Russell's shoes (but not the ones we had seen the day before)
and materials from the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League
and Honus Wagner's locker
and details of the 1909 Cubs with the baseball cards of Tinker, Evers and Chance.
Then, a program from the battle between Mordecai (3 finger) Brown and Christy Matthewson along with Brown's shoes
and Babe Ruth's locker
followed by a quote from a card collector
and a picture of one of the world's most valuable cards.
Next we explored teams starting with the Philadelphia Phillies
and the Pittsburgh Pirates
and the Washington Nationals who have not been trans-border friendly
followed by the Angels (many locations)
and the Boston Red Sox.
We met some fans
on our way to seeing the ondeck circle from Forbes Field
and some history of the ball park.
We saw a slide rule made like a baseball bat
and equipment including a pitching rubber
a base
and home plate
followed by posters arguing against lights in Wrigley Field
and documentation of those who visited all ball parks quickly
and a brick from Forbes Field
Next we were in the Hank Aaron exhibit
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which Ben enjoyed
and memorabilia from his career
along with quotes about him
even as the Hall of Fame justified its approach to Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs)
and showed us Bobby Thompson's home run (Bobby having died that week)
and after a photo of the 1960 Pirates
stories about famous home runs, including that of Bill Mazeroski.
Next we saw the Abbott and Costello bit about ``Who's on First)
and the decorated cow
made famous by Phil Rizutto (Scooter)
as we walked by the ballpark painting
and Hank Aaron
and Casey Stengel
and materials belonging to Doug Harvey, long time umpire.
We saw Bill Mazeroski and Dave Winfield's 2001 induction
Sandy Koufax (1972),
Yogi Berra (1972)
and Ernie Banks (1977)
as we made our way into the Hall itself
and recorded all of the plaques
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pausing for Joe Dimaggio
before returning to groups
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and then Jackie Robinson
and Hank Greenburg
and more plaques
before Ted Williams
and some more
before Roberto Clemente
and more
before Ernie Banks
and Robin Roberts
and a few more
before Hank Aaron
and more
before Willie Stargell
and Willie McCovey
plagues
and Rollie Fingers
plagues
before Mike Schmidt
a plague
Richie Ashburn
more plagues
Bill Mazeroski (who hit the home run)
a plague
Smokey Williams
a group
Carlton Fisk
a group
Ozzie Smith
another group
and finally Whitey Herzog
before Ben posed with the great hitters
and we saw the sculptures outside
of pitcher and catcher
before looking back through the hall
and outside at the wet bench
with a description of the sculptures
and of baseball movies.
Next we headed across the street to the Triple Play Cafe
where Roberto Clemente looked down on us
as Ben ate his chicken
and I had my hummus wrap
and after recording these hand washing signs for the collection we headed off on our way.
Our next stop was at the Long Distance Running Hall of Fame in Utica which was closed though we did record the location.
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We arrived at the International Boxing Hall of Fame as it was closing
but were allowed into the gift shop where we could see this ring
from Madison Square Gardens
and record their logo
along with punching bags
descriptions of those who fought in the ring
some boxing gloves
and T shirts.
After recording the logo once more
we were ready to drive towards Rochester. Along the way, Ben amused himself with my camera taking pictures in the car and out
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before we arrived at our hotel and recorded our room
as well as the Jefferson Room
before heading out to Nick Tahou's
where we ordered garbage plates from this menu
and this was Ben's red hots
and my grilled cheese garbage plate
along with his hot sauce
and mine
which led me to the clean plate club but a very full stomach.
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and then headed off to Cooperstown where we parked by the Extra Innings store
and made our wall into the Hall of Fame
where we were greeted by Character and Courage
and directed to the indoor ball park to see a short video
before we paid our respects to Abner Doubleday
and heard the tale of Albert Spalding
and paid our respects to the founder of the hall
before checking out the New Moe Berg display
and this hat work by Tony Lucadello who was a Phillies scout for 34 years
and this indicator of where we would be later in the week.
These balls provided a nice display
as we learned about the first professional teams
including Honus Wagner among their players
and saw 19th century shoes
and an inflatable chest protector
before hearing about the bases who rang bells (but didn't really work)
and this picture of the 1915 Red Sox
and the 1919 White Sox (the BlackSox)
and Joe Jackson (say it ain't so ... ) and Red Faber with his glove and shoes
and Walter Johnson
and the Pirates -- Pie Traynor, Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler and the Waner Brothers,
Hank Greenberg,
Lou Gehrig's locker,
Jackie Robinson and the boys of summer,
and their equipment.
Next it was Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub,
and Ralph Kiner
and then materials from the Grand Rapids Chicks of the women's league
before we saw the words to Take Me out to the Ball Game
and materials from the Indians 1948 championship team
after which we saw this demonstration of the science of hitting by Ted Williams
and these quotes from Casey Stengel
and Yogi Berra.
Next it was time to celebrate the Indians
and Robin Roberts
and the Pirates of the late 60's, early 70's
including Roberto Clemente
with the chair from his locker at Forbes Field.
The Phillies of Mike Schmidt came next
followed by Bill Russell's shoes (but not the ones we had seen the day before)
and materials from the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League
and Honus Wagner's locker
and details of the 1909 Cubs with the baseball cards of Tinker, Evers and Chance.
Then, a program from the battle between Mordecai (3 finger) Brown and Christy Matthewson along with Brown's shoes
and Babe Ruth's locker
followed by a quote from a card collector
and a picture of one of the world's most valuable cards.
