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Went to the free showing of the "Glory Days" exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York tonight.
The exhibition is all about baseball in the 1947-1957 period -- an 11year period in which a New York team was playing in the World Series each year except one, and in 7 of those 11 years, a subway series took place.
I expect that I'll go back a second time to take it all in again, but from the first look, it's definetly worth a trip if you're in the area. Sort of like a mini-Cooperstown focused on the three teams. A few Mets things, even, as part of a bit about Dodgers who went on to play/manage the Mets. Gil Hodges' three year managerial contract with the Mets for 1968-1970 reveals that he was paid $50,000 a year.
Schaefer Content:
Old photo of Ebbets Field on display, and on the right side of the scoreboard, below the main Schaefer beer ad (which adorned the top of the scoreboard with the slogan "Real Beer!") there's a "Schaefer Awards" sign with two spaces for names of players below it. The picture has "Neal" and "Drysdale" as the two names.
I wonder if there's any relation to our venerable tradition.
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