he cra ck of the bat, the roar of the crowd.
The play at the plate, the game-saving catch.
A gapper to left, a blooper to right.
A long-drive to deep center field, a hot shot hit foul.
A 5-4-3 double play and around the horn we go.
B a s eball has a language of its ow n .
At the National Baseball Hall of
Fame and Museum, baseball off e r s
the game and all its natural beauty
to visitors of all ages and on eve ry
l evel. Our National Pastime is an
a f t e rnoon at W r i g l ey Fi e l d, “The
C a t c h ,” Ya n kee pinstripes, “Let’s
P l ay Two ,” “A League of T h e i r
Own” and childhood
remembrances, as if they we r e
ye s t e r d ay. It’s names, like
“ M i c key,” “The Great One,”
“ B a b e ,” “Hammerin’ H a n k ”
and “The Wi z a r d .”
A Rookie of the Year awa rd ,
an All-Star Game appeara n c e. A re c o rd - s e t t i n g
p e r formance; an historic fi rst. A Most Va l u able Player
a wa rd; a trip to the Wo rld Series.
A tro p hy that bears a name;
an era uniquely your ow n .
B a s eball is a journey.
The breadth and depth of
the Museum’s collections are
breathtaking and unmatched.
With more than 165,000
a rt i facts — including 130,000
baseball cards and 35,000
bats, balls, glove s ,
equipment and other
treasures — plus a Library
a r c h ive that contains in excess of 2.5 million items,
including scrapbooks, photographs, original sound and
m oving pictures, music
and more, the Hall of
Fame offers fans the
ultimate paradise.
Enter the Museum
and find yo u r s e l f
immersed in the more
than 150 years of
baseball history. In the
timeline exhibit, flash
f o r ward from the 1860s
through today ’s
a c h i evements, with
a rt i facts from the
ga m e ’s greatest moments. Jewe l ry adorned by the
Cincinnati Red Stockings barn s t o rming teams of the
1860s, a wa rm-up swe a t e r
fashioned by Christy
M a t h ewson, a bow l i n g
ball used by Babe Ruth in
a room that bears his
name, bats, balls and
j e r s eys from Henry
A a r o n ’s home run record-
setting career, a hitting
d i a gram used by Te d
Williams;