Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame : a living history of America's greatest game /
Sugar, Bert Randolph.
Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame : a living history of America's greatest game / Baseball Hall of Fame Bert Randolph Sugar ; photography by Bruce Curtis. - Philadelphia : Running Press, c2009. - 271 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Cooperstown -- Entryway -- 2nd floor: Cooperstown Room -- Grandstand Theater -- Taking the field: 19th century -- 1900's -- 1910's -- Babe Ruth Room -- 1920's -- Pride and passion: the African-American baseball experience -- Advertising & baseball -- 1930's -- Diamond dreams: women in baseball -- 1940's -- 1950's -- 1960's -- 1970's -- 1980s to present -- Today's game -- 3rd floor: Sacred ground -- Records room -- Autumn glory -- Baseball cards -- 1st floor: Scribes & mikemen -- Baseball at the Movies -- Sandlot Kids' Clubhouse -- Art of baseball -- Museum Shop -- A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center -- Baseball Hall of Fame outreach programs -- Induction weekend -- Hall of Fame Plaque Gallery.
Treasure trove of facts, stories, and photos that trace baseball from its origins in the nineteenth century through its expansion and evolution to the game it is today, all told through the lens of those who played it best.
0762430249 9780762430246
2008926938
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--History--United States--20th century.
Baseball--History--United States--21st century.
Sports--Biography.
Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame : a living history of America's greatest game / Baseball Hall of Fame Bert Randolph Sugar ; photography by Bruce Curtis. - Philadelphia : Running Press, c2009. - 271 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Cooperstown -- Entryway -- 2nd floor: Cooperstown Room -- Grandstand Theater -- Taking the field: 19th century -- 1900's -- 1910's -- Babe Ruth Room -- 1920's -- Pride and passion: the African-American baseball experience -- Advertising & baseball -- 1930's -- Diamond dreams: women in baseball -- 1940's -- 1950's -- 1960's -- 1970's -- 1980s to present -- Today's game -- 3rd floor: Sacred ground -- Records room -- Autumn glory -- Baseball cards -- 1st floor: Scribes & mikemen -- Baseball at the Movies -- Sandlot Kids' Clubhouse -- Art of baseball -- Museum Shop -- A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center -- Baseball Hall of Fame outreach programs -- Induction weekend -- Hall of Fame Plaque Gallery.
Treasure trove of facts, stories, and photos that trace baseball from its origins in the nineteenth century through its expansion and evolution to the game it is today, all told through the lens of those who played it best.
0762430249 9780762430246
2008926938
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--History--United States--20th century.
Baseball--History--United States--21st century.
Sports--Biography.