National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum,Brooks Robinson
Featuring more than 200 full-color photographs, ,Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame, brings to vivid life the greatest treasures of baseballâ€™s shrine, most of them rarely if ever displayed to visitors.,For any baseball fan, a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, is the thrill of a lifetimeâ€”no matter how many times you visit. But whether you go only once in your lifetime or make the pilgrimage annually, youâ€™ll never be able to see every treasure in the museumâ€™s collections., ,With ,Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame, ,readers can go behind the scenes to see seldom- or never-displayed items from among the 40,000 treasures in Cooperstown, in addition to some of the most important and popular items on exhibit at the museumâ€”all gorgeously photographed in color. Captions written by Hall of Fame experts explain each objectâ€™s significance and relate unique stories associated with it., ,Here are just a few highlights from the nearly 200 objects in this beautiful book:, ,-,An 1887 ball-strike indicator from the only season when it took five balls to walk and four strikes to strike out, ,-Pitcher Harvey Haddixâ€™s glove from the 1959 game when he pitched 12 perfect inningsâ€”and lost 1â€“0 in the 13th, ,-Shoeless Joe Jacksonâ€™s shoes, ,-The Wonderboy bat and trombone case that Robert Redford used in ,The Natural, ,-Rube Waddellâ€™s glove from his 4â€“2, 20-inning victory over Cy Young on July 4, 1905, ,-A promissory note from the sale of Babe Ruth by Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee to New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, ,-The bat Joe Carter used to hit his 1993 World Seriesâ€“ending home run, ,-The oldest known photograph of two baseball teams, the New York Knickerbockers and the Brooklyn Excelsiors, taken on a ball field in 1859, ,Whether youâ€™re a dedicated student of the gameâ€™s history or a newcomer to our National Pastime, ,Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame ,will fascinate you. Youâ€™ll find a surprising photograph or a story you didnâ€™t know, complete with new insight into Americaâ€™s game and culture. Take the trip of a lifetime inside baseballâ€™s national museum and discover the gameâ€™s fabulous historyâ€”or reawaken beloved memories.
Sports,Baseball,Sports,Sports,Nonfiction
Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame