Cooperstown

June 1, 2015

Day 55

We got up early and drove to Cooperstown to see the National Baseball Hall of Fame. What a fun day. It was perfect as it was cold and rainy, so a great day to be inside. The village of Cooperstown is beautiful with lovely homes, nice landscaping and the edge of town has a lake. There are nice baseball themed stores lining the main street with a superb bakery and nice restaurants. 

Cooperstown

National Baseball Hall of Fame

It is hard to explain the National Baseball Hall of Fame without seeing it. When you arrive, the first recommended stop is a short movie in the Grandstand Theater. 

Grandstand theater

 The next stop is the locker rooms which feature all the MLB teams.

Mariner locker

This is one way for the M's to get in the hall of fame

 Then there are rooms filled with the history of baseball from the beginning to modern day. There is a room of statistics and major league records, a room with a tribute to women's baseball, the Negro League, Babe Ruth, a tribute to Latin American players, Hank Aaron, famous baseball photographs, baseball movies and of course the Hall of Fame Gallery.  There is an area that plays the songs from various stadiums and recorded radio announcements of memorable games.

Baseball players used to wear different uniforms depending on their position.  No numbers required

Hank Aaron 715th home run congratulations from fans who ran out on the field

Jeter

Cy Young

Ichiro

All time hit leaders

Babe and Ted

First class inducted into the Hall of Fame

2015 inductees

Hall of Fame

 It is an incredible place to see and we are really glad we took the day to see it. We also visited Doubleday Field where some believe the game was invented by Abner Doubleday. Most agree the game was developed in many places, not just Cooperstown. 

 Now we just have to fly back to Philadelphia someday to visit the city we skipped as we know there is much history and great place to see and food to eat. We left Cooperstown and drove awhile along Highway 20, a scenic route toward Buffalo. We stayed in a tiny town, Tully.