I greatly enjoyed the Hall. Was it perfect? No. I think they could have done a better job with the movie at the beginning of the exhibit, for instance. But for the most part, this Hall lets the sport's historical artifacts speak for themselves. And for me, they spoke volumes.
It wasn't all "old stuff," either. Current major-league teams and players were featured, including one whole room with "lockers" displaying jerseys, bats, gloves, baseball cards, scorecards, photos and various memorabilia for up-to-date rosters of each team.
One of my favorite rooms was the "Sports Illustrated" room, featuring enlarged shots of each Major League Baseball SI cover. I especially liked two covers: One with a young Mickey Mantle, and another with former MLB umpire and current Umpire Supervisor Steve Palermo, pictured on the cover standing with canes. Palermo is my cousins' uncle, and he was shot while trying to break up a July 1991 robbery outside a Dallas restaurant. Doctors told him he'd never walk again. He proved them wrong. (Steve's brother John frequently refs women's hoops games at Holy Cross.) Unfortunately, my photos from this room didn't come out too well.
Overall, I loved the Hall!
Here are just a few of my photos. Click a photo to enlarge it.:
Ty Cobb display. The HOF has wonderful displays like this for many of the "pantheon" Hall of Famers. Babe Ruth even has his own small room.
The famous Ted Williams gridded strike zone. I thought it was really cool to see it set up in a display case like this.
Wall of no-hitters, color-coded by year. This photo captures the section of the wall from a particularly fruitful era of no-hitters, with thirteen no-hitters from 1990-91. Where have you gone, Andy Hawkins?
"Swing and a ground ball, stabbed by Foulke. He has it. He underhands to first. And the Boston Red Sox are the world champions. For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball’s world championship. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?" (Radio call by Colgate alum Joe Castiglione.)
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