Baseball Vacation 2006

Niagara Falls and The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown: July 24, 2006

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The first thing we did at the Hall of Fame was to watch a special video in their theater. It was very impressive, if we had time we would like to have seen it again.
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Part of the Hall of Fame video.
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Part of the Hall of Fame video. A scene from the greatest baseball movie ever - The Natural.
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Part of the Hall of Fame video. I used to have a 1971 Topps Jim Hunter.
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Part of the Hall of Fame video.
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Part of the Hall of Fame video. The 911 tribute.
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A baseball card of the Sultan of Swat.
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Mitchell next to Abner Doubleday's portrait. We stayed in the Abner Doubleday room at a Bed and Breakfast just 1/2 a block away from the HOF.
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Can't imagine a baseball club with an 11 man roster these days, though having Honus Wagner on the team would help.
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I loved the old jerseys at the museum. I would have shelled out big bucks for a replica of many of them right on the spot.
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Babe Ruth could sure drive a baseball - not sure I good he was with cars.
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Mitchell examines a Ty Cobb exhibit at the HOF.
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Mitchell standing in front of Babe Ruth's locker.
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Bob Feller was an Indian great. Mitchell's younger brother has named his golden retriever "Feller." We had bought him Feller for his birthday in earlier in 2006.
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I would have loved to see the NY Giants play in the Polo Grounds.
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Craig Biggio's jersey is featured in the Astros locker display.
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An Albert Pujols jersey in the Cardinals locker. Somewhere downstairs I could hear the Babe Ruth plaque say "What am I, chopped liver?"
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Gotta show the Yankees locker.
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Niagara Falls from down low while we were on a Maid of the Mist tour.
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Mitchell thought the Maid of the Mist tour was cool and enjoyed getting wet.
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Another shot down low, of the American Falls.
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On the American side you can get down low and put on a yellow raincoat to avoid the spray.
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Approaching Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side.
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Looking across the boat at Horseshoe Falls.
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