Baseball Immersion

I'm currently in a very cozy large cottage room just north of Cooperstown, NY on the shores of Otsego Lake. A beautiful setting, with a large body of water nestled in hills beginning to flash fall colors. I'm watching the Yankee game (they're taking batting practice against the Orioles...13-2 in the fifth) reading the New York times. Here in upstate New York it's quite peaceful...you'd never know that one of the world's largest metropolises is only a few hours southeast of here.

Fulfilled a lifelong dream today by going to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Spent 4 1/2 hours there and it seemed like one or two. The exhibits were fascinating. They have everything! For example, the glove pictured here is the one Willie Mays used to make The Catch in the 1954 World Series off Vic Wertz's long drive to centerfield at the Polo Grounds. The baseball above it was used in the only unassisted triple play in World Series history, turned by Bill Wambsganss of the Cleveland Indians in 1920. Back then the baseballs had seams colored both blue and red, instead of just red. (Trivia) At the hall I saw Cy Young's uniform; a century old baseball card of Honus Wagner worth several hundred thousand dollars; Babe Ruth's uniform...and his bowling ball!? Ruth's 60th home run ball, Maris' 61st, and Ty Cobb's Philadelphia A's uniform with no lettering on it, just an elephant. I also read every hall of famer's plaque. I could go on, but suffice to say every baseball fan should see it. Having been a fan since 1959, I was long overdue.