By Jared Wolfe
Our day started with a slow walk through the downtown area of the small town of Cooperstown in the crisp autumn air. After we reached the Hall of Fame we received our illusive membership materials that included neat Identification cards and 2015 Hall of Fame yearbooks. Our first experience of the day was a neat introduction at the theatre that included a cool perspective on the mythical significance of the game and what Cooperstown means to baseball. Right after, Professor McDorman took us on a quick tour of the museum, giving his insight on where things are 
located in respects to our museum exhibit projects. At around eleven o’clock half of the tutorial went into the archives to do research on our Indiana Baseball essay. We made great progress as a group, working for a solid hour and half scavenging through the information the Hall of Fame library had on our players. After we walked the town at lunch and experienced more of the town of Cooperstown, we all met back at the Museum for the tour of Library with Jim Gates. Personally, I thought this was the coolest part of the day. Mr. Gates took us upstairs to the main section of the Library and presented us with some extremely neat items. They included the 1859 New York Harlem official rulebook, 1947 National League stat book featuring Jackie Robinson’s major league debut, and a Whitey Herzog spray chart for Craig Biggio. He also had an awesome story about Charlie Sheen coming to the Hall of Fame. The last part of our day consisted of a stroll to the gorgeous Lake Otsego before we ate at the Doubleday restaurant on the main strip. It was incredible experience to see the Hall of Fame and have amazing access to the archives. It is only day one and I can only imagine how awesome day two will be!
