
While the museum itself is not huge they do have a very impressive autograph collection and the museum has regular signings of legends and current players. They have Lou Brock and Wally Moon coming October 16th. Bill Buckner and a bunch of other former Cubs will be there October 30th while Goose Gossage will be signing November 2oth.
There is little doubt that Bob Feller is one of the greatest pitchers ever but due to his service in World War II he doesn't have the all-time great statistics. Bob became the first baseball player to enlist in the armed forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor and so he missed the entire 1942, 1943, 1944,and most of 1945 season. He had been averaging about 25 wins a season before enlisting so there is a good chance that he would have ended up with a career win total closer to 340 rather than the 266 wins he earned.
This huge painting portrays Bob pitching on Opening Day of the 1940 season. He pitched the only Opening Day no-hitter in major league history that day against the White Sox.

The bat is encased in a plastic case that let's you see all sides of it.

I was dumbfounded by what he had said and after a few seconds I said, "yeah, that probably wouldn't be a good idea."
He left me to look around some more and later when I was leaving and buying some souvenirs he was on the phone talking with someone about an upcoming signing to be held at the museum. He kept referring to "Tommy Johns" with an added "s" and it made me wonder about a person who works at a baseball museum who didn't really know much about the sport. It's a living I guess.
Here's a poster from the museum of The Heater from Van Meter!
And remember kids, sleep tight because Chief Wahoo will be waiting for you in your dreams:
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Is there a listing of baseball museums around the country? Of course there is the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the Reds HOF in Cincinnati, the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore...
We should work on compiling a list.