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
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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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