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 baseballs 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 lifetimeno matter how many times you visit. But whether you go only once in your lifetime or make the pilgrimage annually, youll never be able to see every treasure in the museums 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 museumall gorgeously photographed in color. Captions written by Hall of Fame experts explain each objects 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 Haddixs glove from the 1959 game when he pitched 12 perfect inningsand lost 10 in the 13th -Shoeless Joe Jacksons shoes -The Wonderboy bat and trombone case that Robert Redford used in The Natural -Rube Waddells glove from his 42, 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 Seriesending 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 youre a dedicated student of the games history or a newcomer to our National Pastime, Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame will fascinate you. Youll find a surprising photograph or a story you didnt know, complete with new insight into Americas game and culture. Take the trip of a lifetime inside baseballs national museum and discover the games fabulous historyor reawaken beloved memories.