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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.– Bowie Kuhn served as the Commissioner of Baseball during a 16-season period that saw massive changes to the National Pastime.
Now, thanks to Kuhn's historic donation to the Hall of Fame's A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center, the record of those changes will be available to researchers in Cooperstown.
COOPERSTOWN, NY – The Plaque Gallery at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum remains the game's sacred ground, where past and present come together for fans of all ages.
This spring, thanks to the Museum's Extra Innings Overnights program, the Plaque Gallery will also host the future as grade-school children spend a memorable night among the legendary stars of the game.
Major League Baseball International (MLBI), in cooperation with the Confederation of Brazilian Baseball & Softball (CBBS), will conduct an MLBI Elite Camp, led by Baseball Hall of Fame Electee Barry Larkin, in Brazil this February.
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – The infield dirt on the front of David Freese's jersey – where the World Series Most Valuable Player slid into third base on his game-tying Game 6 triple – sullied the iconic Cardinals logo.
The smudges from line drives were clearly visible on Lance Berkman's bat.
And the grass stains clung to Albert Pujols' spikes... The ones he wore to en route to a record 14 total bases in Game 3.
COOPERTSOWN, N.Y. – Led by a member of the national pastime's most exclusive fraternity, almost two dozen Lehigh Valley IronPigs could be found roaming the corridors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Wednesday afternoon, awed by their historic surroundings.
The chatter was like that of any group of baseball fans – exchanges focusing on batting, pitching and fielding.
But on Saturday at the Baseball Hall of Fame, many of those fans were talking about baseball's distant cousin, cricket, and the Museum's new Swinging Away exhibit that celebrates the relationship of the two sports.
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View a photo gallery of the exhibit opening
With three of the game's greatest players on hand, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's newest exhibit, One for the Books: Baseball Records and the Stories Behind Them, opened to the public on Saturday.
COOPERSTOWN, NY – Ken Gallinger has visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum regularly for the past 20 years. But when the Ormstown, Quebec, resident entered the Museum at 3:48 p.m. on Friday, his annual trip to Cooperstown became a part of Hall of Fame history.
Gallinger became the Museum's 15 millionth visitor since the Museum first opened its doors on June 12, 1939, when he entered with his Museum Membership card in hand, just days before the Museum's 72nd birthday.
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This Day in Baseball History
On May 23, 1978, Oakland A’s manager Bobby Winkles quits his position, despite the team’s first-place standing in the American League West. Former Kansas City Royals manager Jack McKeon will take over the reigns. The A’s will end up last in the division.