By Ryan Reeder ‘19
Today was a cold and rainy day in Cooperstown, which was our second day visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame. As soon as we arrived Stephanie Hazzard, Director of Education, talked to us about how the Baseball Hall of Fame educates young students about science and other subjects by using baseball. She also mentioned to the class the internship program that the Hall of Fame offers over the summer. After this the class split up in half; some went to do archival research in the Giamatti Center and the other half went to take pictures of their exhibits or tour the town. I was part of the research group, so I went to the Giamatti Center where my player file full of Kenny Lofton articles awaited me. Kenny Lofton is my Indiana baseball player that I chose to write about for my assignment. Following this extensive research the group then went to go eat lunch. Getting back from lunch the whole class met back together for a session with Erik Strohl, Vice President of exhibitions and collection. Mr. Strohl told the class about how the exhibits in the museum were formed. He then answered a lot of questions from the class of why the museum illustrated some exhibits in a particular way. After the meeting the class went their own ways. Students had the options of either finishing their archival research, looking through the museum more, or walking around Cooperstown. I went to the museum store and to other baseball stores around town. At the stores I looked at the baseball cards and memorabilia, making me feel like a kid again. Later, we all met up again and ended our day in Cooperstown with a class dinner.
