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The year is 1954. For the first time in six years, the New York Yankees are not in contention for the world series. But I don\u2019t care \u2013 I spent the early school year racing home to watch my heroes on our tiny black-and-white TV. I not only know all the players \u2013 Andy Carey on third, Mickey Mantle in center, Hank Bauer in right, Moose Skowron on first, Yogi Berra catching \u2013 but their batting averages and other stats. I was obsessed. I was also a 10-year-old girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY display supports my early memories. Photo by Victor Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Years later, when all my friends were watching American Bandstand, I was hanging out at Yankee Stadium. But years pass; my sports team loyalty switches from baseball to football \u2013 and now a native of Washington, DC, maybe the Capitals hockey team. But it was an upcoming trip to Cooperstown, NY \u2013 home of the Baseball Hall of Fame \u2013 that brought me six decades back to that baseball-crazy little girl \u2013 and the fear that I wouldn\u2019t even care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here I am. And I do. Hard not to focus on baseball when the whole town is obsessed, as noted on well-worn t-shirts sporting (pun intended\u2026.) the mantra: \u201cA drinking town with a baseball problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooperstown, NY t-shirts embellish its reputation. Photo courtesy of This is Cooperstown.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Just walking along Main Street is a not-so-subtle introduction to the local past-time. A quick bite at the Dugout Bar and Grill; a storefront promoting Safe at Home collectibles; Shoeless Joe\u2019s \u2013 a Field of Dreams reference \u2013 promises more baseball memorabilia; a Baseball Town Motel offers lodging, and the Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum provides a niche version of the usual famous figures. Want a bat with your name inscribed on it \u2013 and who wouldn\u2019t? Visit the Bat Store. Okay, I get it \u2013 it\u2019s a baseball town. But does it have to be everywhere???<\/p>\n\n\n

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Multiple storefront signs along Main Street in Cooperstown, NY reflect its baseball heritage. Photo courtesy of This is Cooperstown.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Apparently, yes. Several folks in baseball uniforms strolling the street without drawing any attention. And because it was fall, there were pumpkins displayed along the street \u2013 all sized like huge baseballs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the toothpicks in the The Otesaga Resort Hotel Restaurant have tiny baseballs attached to their tip.   Baseballs apparently come in many sizes\u2026 A TV in one of the diners had a football game on \u2013 man, did that seem out of place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pumpkins shaped like baseballs decorate the town during the fall season. Photo by Victor Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the Doubleday Caf\u00e9, I snarkily asked if it would be more appropriate to be called the Doubleheader Cafe, until someone patiently \u2013 and no doubt a tad pityingly \u2013 explained to me that Abner Doubleday was credited with inventing baseball. I slithered away from the caf\u00e9 and was only slightly mollified to later discover that actually he hadn\u2019t\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to literally walk in the steps of Hall of Famers? Plan to stay at the stately The Otesaga Resort Hotel, an historic Cooperstown landmark, that houses new inductees, their families and former Famers every Induction year. Apparently, pretty much every Hall of Famer ever has stayed at the resort. And has probably had one of their toothpicks holding a cherry or an olive in a drink.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Toothpicks with tiny baseballs on the tip are served at the Hawkeye Bar and Grill at The Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, NY. Photo by Victor Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Which brings us back to the Baseball Hall of Fame \u2013 clearly the rest of the town is just an extension thereof. Where to begin? An introductory movie starts with a trivia quiz of memorable moments \u2013 and then tells you where in the Hall you can get more information or find the famous memorabilia referenced on film. In case you want to see a ball from the first game at which admission was charged \u2013 September 10, 1858 \u2013 you\u2019ll know right where to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lou Gehrig. Cal Ripken. Sandy Koufax. Nolan Ryan. Willie Mayes. Despite my many years away, I still knew a surprising number of players. And it was still thrilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traversing the many hallways of the Hall, it was like walking on sacred ground. You could spend two hours \u2013 or two weeks \u2013 and still find stuff to see. The first, a photo gallery covering generations of greats, of course has write-ups of those on exhibit. But it\u2019s the intimate quotes from the players themselves that humanize the entire sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yogi and Mickey’s uniforms looked the same now as when I was 10. Photo by Victor Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And when I got to the Yankees Highlights Era, I was channeling a very excited 10-year-old self. I found Mickey and Yogi and felt an immediate kinship. It was like they knew I was coming back after all these years just to see them. Or maybe not\u2026. Ten-year-olds can be very unreliable narrators.<\/p>\n\n\n

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My hero, Mickey Mantle, was on full display at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Photo by Victor Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Of course, there was also Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige. I wouldn\u2019t say that even if you have no interest in baseball, you\u2019ll be enthralled. But still, if only a fair-weather fan there will be something that will delight you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large display that caught my interest was devoted to the origin of women\u2019s baseball teams \u2013 1943-54 \u2013 which inspired the movie A League of her Own. It warmed my little 10-year-old heart. In my high school days, there was no Title IX, no girls\u2019 baseball team, no opportunity for me to play a game I already loved \u2013 and I felt deprived my whole life. I coulda been a female Moose Skowron\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later at another local baseball-infused tavern, three TVs were tuned to baseball games. After spending so much time at the Hall of Fame, I didn’t know whether they were historic replays – or current games.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A League of her Own<\/em> had its own exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Photo by Victor Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

But yes, if you happen to go into baseball overload, there are other Cooperstown diversions to be enjoyed. A Glimmerglass Queen boat tour on Otsego Lake, a living history farm museum that takes you back to 1840\u2019s rural life, the Fenimore Art Museum \u2013 and yes James Fenimore Cooper, author of the Last of the Mohicans, was a Cooperstown native in the town his father founded. Also Fly Creek Cider which is a museum in its own right with so much to see and sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if the 10-year-old inside me has a say, I would never leave the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mickey and I still have some unfinished business\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, visit baseballhall.org<\/a>, www.otesaga.com<\/a> and www.thisiscooperstown.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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