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Knowing Bo
By Craig MuderArt Stewart looked at the 27-year-old piece of paper – typos and all – with a kid of awe.On it was a report by Kansas City Royals scout Ken Gonzales dated April 15, 1986, describing the...
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A Musial Memory
By Tim WilesThe recent passing of the great Stan Musial has me remembering one of my favorite stories of the A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center at the Hall of Fame Library. During the summer of 1998...
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Presents in Cooperstown for Ryan Howard
By Craig MuderAs birthday gifts go, this one is going to be hard to top. Philadelphia Phillies’ slugging first baseman Ryan Howard got a terrific surprise Nov. 19 when his fiancé Krystle Campbell...
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A Fond ‘Adieu’ to Jacques Barzun
By Tim Wiles It is perhaps baseball’s most familiar quotation: “Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.” So said Jacques Barzun, the eminent French-born...
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Ghost Stories in Cooperstown
By Tim Wiles“After I sent the email to the Hall of Fame,” says Samantha Tengelitsch, “I said to my husband Chris: ‘We’ll never hear from them now.’”However, Samantha’s summer email was responded to by...
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Step Up to the Plate Winner Creates a Family Memory in Cooperstown
By Craig Muder For Stuart Wolf, a trip to the library turned into a family excursion of a lifetime to Cooperstown Wolf is this year’s winner of the Step Up to the Plate @ Your Library program, a joint...
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Batting Among Champions
By Tim Wiles This year’s World Series matchup between the Giants and the Tigers marks the first time in 58 years, and fifth time overall, that both league batting champions have played in the Fall...
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Sandberg’s Voice Trumpets Character and Courage
By Craig Muder Ryne Sandberg came to Cooperstownthis weekend to recount how his personal belief in character and courage led him to the Hall of Fame. Thousands of fans apparently support those...
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Rare Air for Cabrera
By Craig Muder The magic of the annual Hall of Fame election process is that there is no “automatic in.” No season statistic, no career achievement, no postseason marvel qualifies a candidate for...
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Bob Horner Visits Hall of Fame
By Craig Muder You never know who’s going to show up in Cooperstown. Today, it was part of my childhood. Bob Horner, who played 10 big league seasons with the Braves and Cardinals between 1978 and...
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Diamonds and Movies
By Bill Francis The recently completed Seventh Annual Baseball Film Festival, held at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum last weekend, has attracted not only a loyal following among fans of...
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Bon Iver has a Good Time in Cooperstown
By Bill Francis Only a few days from beginning a four-night stretch of sold-out shows at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall, members of the acclaimed group Bon Iver took time out from their...
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Civil War History in Cooperstown
By Steve Light The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is so much more than a shrine to baseball’s best players, managers, executives and umpires. As a Museum, we preserve and share baseball’s...
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The 9/11 Baseball
By Craig Muder Eleven years ago today, I stood watching the TV in disbelief at the absolute horror taking place throughout our country. A former co-worker leaned over while watching the coverage of the...
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Michael Badalucco Visits the Hall of Fame
By Bill Francis Actor Michael Badalucco, a familiar face to fans of The Practice, the legal drama series that aired on ABC from 1997 to 2004, made a long-awaited second trip to the National Baseball...
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Damion Easley Relives Rubbing Elbows with Greatness
By Bill Francis With his son playing at a local baseball camp, former big league player Damion Easley had the perfect opportunity to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for the first...
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Single-game Strikeout King Visits Cooperstown
By Craig Muder After striking out 27 batters in one minor league game in 1952, Ron Necciai was destined for the big leagues. When he was called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates in August of 1952, the Bucs’...
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Showing some ‘Mercy’
By Craig Muder Charlie Millard plucked his Texas Rangers cap off his held and held it up between the caps of Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Tom Seaver. “You think that cap might be in the Hall of...
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Opera and Baseball
By Tim Wiles Cooperstown is home not just to the Hall of Fame, but also to several other “big league” tourist attractions, including the 37-year-old Glimmerglass Festival, which presents opera and...
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Blue Jay way comes to Cooperstown
By Bill Francis While an assortment of injuries have derailed Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Litsch’s season, it did afford him the opportunity to accompany his father for a recent visit to the...
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