Visiting Cooperstown, New York, the historic birthplace of baseball, had been on Lamar Williams’ bucket list for years. An avid baseball fan all his life and a former 25-year Little League umpire, Lamar has followed the new inductees into Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame as far back as 1974, with the induction of Mickey Mantle. […]
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For the Laughlin family, a love of baseball has become a family tradition. Dave Laughlin taught his son Jeff how to play the game and coached him on his little league team. Now, Jeff does the same for his two sons, 6-year-old Andy and 9-year-old Adam. Because baseball has been an integral part of the […]
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Brad Horn, vice president of communications and education at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, says a visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame is “an immersion in the relationship between baseball and American culture.” “Our goal for every visitor is for them to leave with a stronger appreciation and education of the […]
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Merle Freeman of Marina Del Rey, California, well remembers the time she laid eyes on Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A longtime Sports Travel and Tours participant, she was in Pittsburgh on one of the many sports trips she took with her mother. They were staying in the same hotel as the baseball players, […]
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Fifty-six-year-old John Werner of Newark, Delaware, has been a tour guide with Sports Travel and Tours for 15 years and has plenty of stories to show for it. Some of his favorite memories were made in Cooperstown, New York, the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. On one occasion, John met Dave Winfield, a […]
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