Summer 17: Travelling Hall of Fame
Jun. 15th, 2017 07:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I am a baseball guy so I couldn't resist the traveling exhibit that was in town for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
I am a sucker for baseball. Tickets were $20, but like so many events, there was a Groupon available. So essentially we all went for a total of $16 (Kids under five were free).
I do have to admit it was cool. There were probably 15-20 "artifacts" and they were worth it- Babe Ruth's bat, Hank Aaron's 714 home run ball, Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente hats and jerseys, a lunchbox from one of the players on the team that inspired "A League of their own", a Honus Wagner baseball card (worth roughly $3 million).
They tried to supplement with a lot of extras. There was a virtual reality viewer that took you to the World Series and in the sports bars that were watching the World Series. I have to admit that's cool.
There was an IMAX movie. It was fine and was certainly a feelgood plea for baseball. I really liked that they showed the difference between a 92mph and a 100mph fastball (the 92mph is four feet from the plate when the 100 one is in the catchers glove). Although I appreciate feel good fluff, it was largely fluff for its 12 minute running time.
So overall, I was kind of a disappointed from a $20 a ticket view. For the kids (mainly) there were some cool greenscreen things that I will have to eventually share here.
I will give them points for trying. There was an interactive Hall of fame exhibit which featured Pedro Martinez and Brooks Robinson, which I suspect would be nirvana for 12 year olds. Certainly, I would have loved it. I thought it was cool, though the internet surely has made it harder to impress.
I also think they could have done a better job curating. Diehard fans will love it, but if the goal is to attract new fans, it would have been nice to have that backstory for the objects. I am happy I went. Though certainly much more at $16 for the fmaily and not $40. Also was much better on a weekday, I am sure.
The artifacts were pretty cool. Especially a turn of the century bat and Christy Matthewson's jersey. The place could have done with some curating. I know who Stan Musial is
I am a sucker for baseball. Tickets were $20, but like so many events, there was a Groupon available. So essentially we all went for a total of $16 (Kids under five were free).
I do have to admit it was cool. There were probably 15-20 "artifacts" and they were worth it- Babe Ruth's bat, Hank Aaron's 714 home run ball, Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente hats and jerseys, a lunchbox from one of the players on the team that inspired "A League of their own", a Honus Wagner baseball card (worth roughly $3 million).
They tried to supplement with a lot of extras. There was a virtual reality viewer that took you to the World Series and in the sports bars that were watching the World Series. I have to admit that's cool.
There was an IMAX movie. It was fine and was certainly a feelgood plea for baseball. I really liked that they showed the difference between a 92mph and a 100mph fastball (the 92mph is four feet from the plate when the 100 one is in the catchers glove). Although I appreciate feel good fluff, it was largely fluff for its 12 minute running time.
So overall, I was kind of a disappointed from a $20 a ticket view. For the kids (mainly) there were some cool greenscreen things that I will have to eventually share here.
I will give them points for trying. There was an interactive Hall of fame exhibit which featured Pedro Martinez and Brooks Robinson, which I suspect would be nirvana for 12 year olds. Certainly, I would have loved it. I thought it was cool, though the internet surely has made it harder to impress.
I also think they could have done a better job curating. Diehard fans will love it, but if the goal is to attract new fans, it would have been nice to have that backstory for the objects. I am happy I went. Though certainly much more at $16 for the fmaily and not $40. Also was much better on a weekday, I am sure.
The artifacts were pretty cool. Especially a turn of the century bat and Christy Matthewson's jersey. The place could have done with some curating. I know who Stan Musial is
