June 12, 1989

Safe At Home

This summer in Cooperstown, N.Y., the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary as the spiritual home of the game and as the repository of its treasures. From the essential (the Babe's bat) to the eccentric (the Babe's bowling ball), the Hall has it all. Enjoy the tour

1953
AT LAFAYETTE HIGH IN BROOKLYN, KOUFAX WAS STYLISH AT FIRST BASE

1970
NO GLOVE WAS PUT TO BETTER USE THAN ORIOLE THIRD BASEMAN BROOKS ROBINSON'S IN THE '70 WORLD SERIES

CLASS PASS: THE 1914 GIANTS ISSUED A SEASON PASS IN THE FORM OF A SCORING PENCIL

THIEF'S REWARD: KING KELLY WAS GIVEN A MEDAL FOR STEALING BY A BOSTON FAN NAMED NUF CED McGREEVEY

WARM WELCOME: THE REDS GAVE OUT SILVER INVITATIONS TO THE DEDICATION OF REDLAND FIELD

OUR HERO: IN 1916 WHITE SOX PITCHER EDDIE CICOTTE WAS GIVEN A WATCH BY CHICAGO ADMIRERS

CROWNING GLORY: AFTER WINNING 24 STRAIGHT IN '36-37, GIANTS PITCHER KING CARL HUBBELL WAS GIVEN A CROWN BY SEAGRAM'S

STUCKON YOU: IN 1897 FANS OF THE BOSTON BEANEATERS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES WITH BEAN-POT PINS

HOME SWEEPER: UMPIRE JOCKO CONLAN CLEANED HIS PLATES WITH THIS WHISK, CIRCA 1964

BACK TO HIS ROOTS: AS A KID, JOHNNY MIZE PLAYED BALL ON THE RED CLAY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD IN DEMOREST, GA.