The Baseball Hall of Fame - Anyone been? (1 Viewer)

[TheIronSheik]

Back from this little three-day / two night trip. Was really, really fun.

We stayed at the Otesaga... man, what a place. It's pricey (off season, we paid about 239 per), but it was definitely worth that. Probably the nicest hotel we have ever stayed in, very friendly staff, excellent breakfast - just a first class experience.

The HoF was great. It's smaller than I remember, but we still took a good 2.5 hours. The collection of World Series Rings is really nice - don't remember that being there before. I spent 20 minutes just looking at the different rings / details of each. My wife liked it, too.

We ate in town twice - dinner at an Italian place right in the middle of town (Nicholetta's),which was very good, and lunch at the Doubleday Café (which wasn't.) We also started our trip with lunch at brewery Ommegang - great food, interesting beers, and a really nice store. We spent about $100 on take-home beers and accessories.

Less bars in town than I seem to remember. But the Otesaga has an awesome (and huge) outside firepit table / bar that's really cool. Bartender pours a pretty heavy double, too. Was nice talking to the staff about the players that stay there. Yogi is a favorite, for sure. Tons of shops, but like mentioned, almost all are baseball related (with a lot of overlap). Tons of autographed balls, even by marginal players - seems like any major leaguer who came into town autographed a few. There's a fantastic used bookstore in town - if you like books, count on spending at least an hour in there.

There's also a Farmer's Museum right outside of town that's good for another 2-3 hours (especially if you have kids), and great farm market / cider mill (fly creek, I think?) about 15 min away. So a nice weekend trip. The whole place is really empty this time of year, which is nice - you can park right in front of the Hall.

Awesome! I appreciate the info. I'm looking forward to making this trip sometime this summer.

 

[Fariq]

Definitely go in the summer rather than the spring. Residents usually have garage sales on Saturdays. Many of them have baseball cards for sAle.

I went three times. I went in the summer of 1987 (I think a few weeks after the inductions) for the first time. Then I sat on the lawn for the 1989 inductions (many Red, Reds, and Red Sox fans all over the place). Then I went back again a few years later.

I never stayed in town because my grandfather had a summer home near Schenectady. My family's three trips to the Hall of Fame were all day trips.

Howe Caverns is also great. Be sure to go there.