Cooperstown2007
Transcript of Cooperstown2007
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Through Hell and High Water
(and New Jersey)
Fulfilling a Lifelong Dreamto See Cal Ripken’s Hall of Fame
Induction at Cooperstown
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• 7 a.m.: Flight to Cleveland delayed at LAX
• 12 p.m.:Too late to connect to Albany
• 3 p.m.:Depart LAX for Newark instead
• 11 p.m.:Arrive at Newark,drive to Albany
TRAVELPLANS?
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On Our Way
• With our luggage inexplicably stuck in Newark, we arrived in Albany at 5 a.m.
• After two hours of sleep, we headed west to a dreary-skied Cooperstownfor the ceremony.
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8 miles to No. 8
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INDUCTION DAY
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75,000 strong
(Enough for a rousing ‘O!’ during the National Anthem)
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The Guests of Honor
AP photo
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Around Cooperstown
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Doubleday Field
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“Sandlot Kid”
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THE MUSEUM
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Study for Rockwell’s“Bottom of the Sixth”
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Photographic art using figurines,
recreating Gibson’s homer and Jackie’s steal of home
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An Oriole weekend
Handkerchief commemorating1894 Baltimore Orioles’
NL championship
Modern Orioles Hall of Famers’ exhibit
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Another Baltimore boy
Advertisement forBabe Ruth’s 1934 tour of JapanBabe Ruth’s Yankees locker
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1908 Cubs World Series program
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1919 World Series programs (White Sox, left; Reds, right)
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Kid Gleason’s cap and patriotic stockings during 1917 World Series
Black Sox exhibit
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Ted Williams’Strike Zone Display
(the averages representwhat the Splendid Splinter thought his average would
be on balls pitched overthat part of the plate)
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Props from “A League of Their Own”
Diamond Dreams exhibit:merchandise marketed
toward women
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Caps worn byNolan Ryan
in each of hisseven no-hitters …
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… and baseballs from the first four
Ryan no-hitters(four corners)
The Hall of Fame collection includes a baseball used in
every no-hitter since Bob Feller’s on Opening Day,
1940.
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See, Pete Rose really is in theHall of Fame
(well, sorta …)
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The greatest card set in the world:1987 Topps
… and a slightly more valuable card: a 1909T206 Honus Wagner,
recently sold at $2.35 million
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Life and liberty
The pursuit of happiness
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Shoes and (Bloody) Socks
Tom Glavine’s 1995 World Series spikes Curt Schilling’s famous Red Sox
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Left: career and active home run leaders
(note: this picture was takensix days before Bonds tied the record.)
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Above: Career and active wins leaders (note Glavine at 298.)
Right: Career and active ERA leaders (Eddie Cicotte, Pedro Martinez)
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The Gallery
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New Mexico’s only Hall of Famer No. 21’s revised plaque(it used to say Roberto Walker Clemente
before it was corrected)
Then again …
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First female Hall of Famer
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The Holy Grail
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Line to see the newly installed 2007 plaques
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Been waiting25 years
to take my picturestanding next to
Ripken’s plaque …
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Fin
Slide 47 of 47 -- which reminds me, we’ll be back here againfor the inevitable Hall of Fame induction of Thomas Michael Glavine.
Selah …