Century of baseball board games to open April 12
Exhibit features collection of 100 years of leisure entertainment, 1860s-1960s
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — For anyone who’s ever said, “baseball is just a game,” a collection of baseball board games, soon to be featured in a temporary exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., will show that the passion for the national pastime has deep origins and strong roots as a leisure-time activity in American culture, featuring more than 50 games over a 100-year period from 1860-1960.