The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 6, The Plaque Room

On the first floor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY there is a large room with hundreds of plaques mounted to the walls. On each plaque is a singular, outstanding individual whose contribution to the game … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 6, The Plaque Room

The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 5, The Then And Now Of Baseball

As I was photographing and cataloguing Rhode Island references in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, I could not help but stop at just about every single exhibit to read up on the then and now of baseball. The Baseball … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 5, The Then And Now Of Baseball

The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 4, The Rhode Island Connection

Have you ever stood just outside the main gate of any park, restaurant, graduation ceremony and just knew in your heart that just on the other side of that gate, that door, that entryway – something incredible was about to … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 4, The Rhode Island Connection

The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 3, The Gate Was Open

After a great hotel breakfast (the hotel had an automatic pancake machine!) and a large cup of coffee, I took a one mile stroll down Route 28 to the outside of the Cooperstown Dreams Park to catch a morning view … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 3, The Gate Was Open

The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 2, The Night Life

We arrived at Doubleday Field, Cooperstown just after 5:00pm to find the gates locked. From the main gate next to the bleachers behind home plate, I could see parts of the field and listened as water flowed under the first … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 2, The Night Life

The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 1, The Detour

As a preface to this blog and those upcoming, I just want to say what a thrill it was to visit one of the most incredible villages in the entire United States of America. To write just one story, to … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 1, The Detour