The Baseball Hall of Fame (Baltimore Version)
Saturday I had to work, but I got off early around one. Jon decided to take
everyone to Baltimore and Camden Yards. Baltimore houses a Hall of Fame Museum for the Orioles as well as a Babe Ruth Museum and a Maryland State Hall of Fame. It is at Camden Yards which used to to be Baltimore's railroad station. The tour began in the Gentlemen's Waiting Room of the Station. It was in this room that President Lincoln penned part of his Gettysburg address as he waited for his train to Gettysburg. After his assassination, his body laid in state in this very room. Across the street from here, the first casualties of the civil war were killed when Lincoln sent Federal Troops in to stop the Baltimore Riots. I was unable to take any pictures of this room, however.
Following the Lincoln Room, We went to the Maryland Athlete's Hall of Fame. Inside were artifacts of Micheal Phelps, Babe Ruth, Carmelo Anthony, and many more. Photography was not allowed in this room either.
The next room was sort of a railcar. There you could listen to people describe their journeys to Camden Yards for various sporting events.
Then we went into the Baseball museum and hall of fame. Much of it was the history of Baltimore's Orioles throughout the years with a small area devoted to baseball Legend Babe Ruth.
This is a picture of the World Series Trophy from when the Orioles won the world series.
In the basement of the museum, it was more closely related to other Maryland teams. They had exhibits from Maryland's minor league baseball teams and some on the teams at University of Maryland, as well as a few from other colleges in the area.
This is a picture of Jon on some carousel horse they had there. I'm not sure why.
Me on the Carousel Horse.
They also had a kids area where you could try on uniforms of the local teams. This is Jon dressed as a Raven.
Jon wearing some of the shoes they had to try on.
And this is me dressed as an Oriole.
They also had a section on Maryland's NFL teams. Baltimore wasn't always the Ravens. They used to be the Baltimore Colts. They had a whole area devoted to when Indianapolis stole the Colts from Baltimore in the middle of the night.
This area led to the Raven's football area and then to the gift shop. They had some neat vintage T-shirts but nothing worth purchasing. Cheryl bought Jon a baseball pen. The gift shop was getting ready to close as we left so we walked through Eutaw Street of Camden Yards.
They had several numbers and statues nearby so we checked them out. Jon wanted to show our visitors a little more of Baltimore's history so we drove to the Washington Monument. Many don't know Baltimore has a Washington Monument but here it is.
We were starting to get hungry around this time. Jon and I have been thinking about going to a pit beef restaurant that we saw on the Baltimore episode of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives on the Food Network. The restaurant is Chapp's and it is on the Northeast side of Baltimore so we don't get up that way very often. We found the address on the GPS and it had us do two U- turns. Jon was very frustrated. The food was soooo worth it though. It was tender, juicy and delicious. If you are ever in the area, I highly recommend it.
So that was our detour to Baltimore. We had a lot of fun learning about Baltimore's sports history.
everyone to Baltimore and Camden Yards. Baltimore houses a Hall of Fame Museum for the Orioles as well as a Babe Ruth Museum and a Maryland State Hall of Fame. It is at Camden Yards which used to to be Baltimore's railroad station. The tour began in the Gentlemen's Waiting Room of the Station. It was in this room that President Lincoln penned part of his Gettysburg address as he waited for his train to Gettysburg. After his assassination, his body laid in state in this very room. Across the street from here, the first casualties of the civil war were killed when Lincoln sent Federal Troops in to stop the Baltimore Riots. I was unable to take any pictures of this room, however.
Following the Lincoln Room, We went to the Maryland Athlete's Hall of Fame. Inside were artifacts of Micheal Phelps, Babe Ruth, Carmelo Anthony, and many more. Photography was not allowed in this room either.
The next room was sort of a railcar. There you could listen to people describe their journeys to Camden Yards for various sporting events.
Then we went into the Baseball museum and hall of fame. Much of it was the history of Baltimore's Orioles throughout the years with a small area devoted to baseball Legend Babe Ruth.
This is a picture of the World Series Trophy from when the Orioles won the world series.
In the basement of the museum, it was more closely related to other Maryland teams. They had exhibits from Maryland's minor league baseball teams and some on the teams at University of Maryland, as well as a few from other colleges in the area.
This is a picture of Jon on some carousel horse they had there. I'm not sure why.
Me on the Carousel Horse.
They also had a kids area where you could try on uniforms of the local teams. This is Jon dressed as a Raven.
Jon wearing some of the shoes they had to try on.
And this is me dressed as an Oriole.
They also had a section on Maryland's NFL teams. Baltimore wasn't always the Ravens. They used to be the Baltimore Colts. They had a whole area devoted to when Indianapolis stole the Colts from Baltimore in the middle of the night.
This area led to the Raven's football area and then to the gift shop. They had some neat vintage T-shirts but nothing worth purchasing. Cheryl bought Jon a baseball pen. The gift shop was getting ready to close as we left so we walked through Eutaw Street of Camden Yards.
They had several numbers and statues nearby so we checked them out. Jon wanted to show our visitors a little more of Baltimore's history so we drove to the Washington Monument. Many don't know Baltimore has a Washington Monument but here it is.
We were starting to get hungry around this time. Jon and I have been thinking about going to a pit beef restaurant that we saw on the Baltimore episode of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives on the Food Network. The restaurant is Chapp's and it is on the Northeast side of Baltimore so we don't get up that way very often. We found the address on the GPS and it had us do two U- turns. Jon was very frustrated. The food was soooo worth it though. It was tender, juicy and delicious. If you are ever in the area, I highly recommend it.
So that was our detour to Baltimore. We had a lot of fun learning about Baltimore's sports history.
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