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Ladies Days
Artifact collection of former Bloomer Girls star now at the Hall of Fame History View a Photo Gallery “East Side, West Side, all around the townThe tots sang "ring-around-rosie," "London Bridge is...
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History repeats itself
Hall of Fame ready to document World Series; Cooperstown collection already includes medal from 1903 Fall Classic History COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – As history is made at the 2010 World Series, the Hall of...
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Rites of spring
Even for Hall of Famers, Spring Training remains baseball’s proving ground History There are condominiums where the Ramada Inn once stood in Winter Haven, Fla. There are a couple of new fast food...
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Let the history begin
Opening Day memorable for even the game’s greatest stars History Even for the greatest players baseball has ever known, Opening Day is something special. And though this year features an unusual...
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Battling on the diamond
One hundred and fifty years ago, the Civil War began…and baseball became part of soldiers’ lives History As the Baseball Hall of Fame's chief curator for 28 years, Ted Spencer experienced history...
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Let’s play…3?
Thirty years ago, Rochester and Pawtucket played 33 innings to set an all-time record History COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – When Luis Aponte, pitcher for the Pawtucket Paw Sox, didn't come home until around 2...
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When it all went National
2011 marks the 135th anniversary of the founding of the National League History COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – The Baseball Hall of Fame preserves the game's history – a history that dates back more than 200...
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With Game 7 on the horizon, artifacts from historic Game 6 on their way to Hall of Fame History World Series. Extra Innings. Walk-off home run. And that was only Game 6. The Cardinals and Rangers will...
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Nine umpires have earned baseball’s ultimate honor in Cooperstown History COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – They are the definition of “rare” – a club so unique that only a little more than one percent of all big...
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Storybook beginning
Cal Ripken’s remarkable career and unbelievable streak began 30 years ago with lofty promise History COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – For the second year in a row, Cal Ripken Jr. is celebrating the 30th...
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Trading Up: Many Future Hall of Famers Have Changed Teams at the Trade Deadline
Blyleven, Carlton, Henderson and Sutton among Legends Who Became Pennant-Race Transactions History COOPERSTOWN, NY – Forty-eight Hall of Fame players have spent their entire career with one big league...
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Diamond Crown
Joe Medwick’s National League Triple Crown season has gone unmatched for 75 years History The last time a National League batter won the Triple Crown, Franklin Roosevelt was President of the United...
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Hot Streak
Thirty-five years ago, Reggie Jackson’s 3 home runs won Game 6 of the 1977 World Series History It took only three pitches for Reggie Jackson to beat the Dodgers and win Game 6 to capture the 1977...
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They Couldn’t Lose
One-hundred years ago, Johnson, Marquard and Wood strung together a combined 51 victories History The San Francisco Giants rode outstanding pitching to the 2012 World Series title.But 100 years ago,...
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A Historic Designation
40 years ago, the game changed forever with the advent of the DH History By Ross NewhanIf Charles O. Finley, the visionary insurance man who owned the Oakland A's from 1960 to 1980, had totally gotten...
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Feb. 19, 1954 The Dodgers sign 19-year old Roberto Clemente to a big league...
History By Helen StilesRoberto Clemente, once a Brooklyn Dodger? Who knew? Most of us only remember Clemente in a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform, but Clemente started his Hall of Fame career as a...
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