Friday, December 7, 2012

Hello Hall of Fame!


This past weekend I had an adventure that I will never forget, I went to my dreamland.

It was a frigid cold day in Cooperstown, New York.  The wind was blowing like crazy, making you feel as if you were in Chicago.  It was a Sunday afternoon and because of the snow, I was scared that the museum would be closed.  After all, all the other stores were closed due to the storm.

When I parked the car a few feet away from the museum, I wasn't prepared for the snow.  It was snowing on the way up from New Jersey, but I did not think that the weather was going to be as bad as it was.

Walking into the museum I could feel the history raging on me.  Just the knowing that legends walked through the very same hallways that I was walking.  The original plan was to go there and take pictures for a project, I ended up doing more than I thought I would.

First place I headed to was the room with all the plaques of all the Hall of Famers.  There were so many plaques in there from every year since the first inductions.  From greats like Babe Ruth to Lou Gehrig to Honus Wagner to the newest ones like Barry Larkin and Ron Santo.
Walking through the hall I found myself at the Negro League section.  Seeing the displays of Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige.
The picture above is one of my favorite pictures.  It illustrates players from the Negro League in front of a team bus.  Back then, teams in both leagues would take buses to different ball parks instead of flying.  Baseball teams still do this today when they play in Spring Training.


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