Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame

Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame

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.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781451676716
ReleaseDate 2013-04-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451676716

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781451676716
ReleaseDate	2013-04-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451676716

Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame

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