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Baseball has often been called America’s pastime. It is one of the oldest sports that got it’s start in this nation in the 1840’s to 1850’s. When many people try to think of something that is American they usually think about baseball. That is where the phrase of “It’s as American as baseball and apple pie” started from. Baseball continues to draw new fans and has a big following now all over the world. Fans of baseball have many things to keep them content with fantasy leagues that offer camps where they may do baseball hitting drills and baseball instruction from major league baseball coaching staffs, to the famous Baseball hall of Fame in New York.

The 2009 World Series just finished with the New York Yankees beating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games . The state of New York had the original professional baseball team and also has the baseball Hall of Fame Museum located in upstate Cooperstown, NY. So, as you can see, the state of New York enjoys the sport of baseball and their two professional teams of the Yankees and the Mets.

If you are a big fan who does not live in New York State, you should make plans to go to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Many groups of friends or even baseball teams make a field trip to go there on a vacation . It is also a great place for families. For the big fans, a fun and exciting time to visit is at the end of July when they perform the induction ceremony of the new members being inducted to the hall of fame. They have a ceremony at the Clark Sport Center nearby and several special events related to the induction at the museum. At the museum, they also have a huge store full of everything related to baseball that you could possibly imagine .

Another fun thing for baseball fans to do is to attend a fantasy baseball league camp. This is for the person that is an enormous fan of a particular team and enjoys playing fantasy baseball on their own . This camp is typically geared to the adult male aged 25-50 that wants to chance to meet their favorite professional players as well as some of the coaches and actually have the chance to throw a ball and play some baseball with them. They also receive baseball playing tips like they would at a typical sports camp. This can be said to be a thrill of a lifetime for these fans getting to not only be on a major baseball field but to be playing with the major league baseball players as well .

Whether you were once a professional baseball player or just a kid playing in their first year of little league, baseball is a sport that brings the generations of people together. going to a place like Cooperstown gives all of the things you could ever want to see surround the love of baseball that so many Americans hold dear to their hearts. Fantasy camps also give the fans a once in a lifetime experience to play with the professionals .