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March 12, 2010

Hall of Fame offers fans the chance to play ‘baseball brackets’

While Spring Training has returned baseball to the national landscape, college basketball has hit the home stretch, giving sports fans a month in March like none other.

Fans can now celebrate their love of baseball and college basketball with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and two special activities throughout March. While college basketball tournaments will fill the minds of sports fans over the next several weeks, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is providing fans a chance to determine the all-time greatest single-season baseball team through ``Baseball Brackets,’’ a daily poll, exclusively at the Hall of Fame’s Facebook page, beginning Friday, March 5.

And in March, while sports fans are descending on nearby Syracuse and Albany for tournament action, the Hall of Fame will celebrate the relationship between the two sports with a special day of programming, on Friday, March 26.

The top 32 teams in baseball history have been ranked based on all-time single-season total wins, with runs scored as a tie-breaker. Beginning Friday, March 5, fans will be able to log on and cast their votes each day on the Hall of Fame’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ baseballhall on the poll tab to decide the winner in each match-up as the bracket is whittled down from 32 teams to one.

The matchup of the two best-ranked teams will be scheduled for Opening Day of the 2010 season, Monday, April 5, as fans to Facebook will determine the champion. For more information and to review the seeding and history of all 32 teams, visit www.baseballhall.org/baseballbrackets. By April 6, fans everywhere will crown the greatest baseball team in history. It could be a perennial favorite or a Cinderella story. Don’t let your favorite get knocked out early _ make sure you vote every day, officials said.

Special programming for Friday, March 26 at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown will offer several events throughout the day, including:

• Science on the Sandlot, 11 a.m., Education Gallery, A hands-on program for all ages taking a look at the science behind the game.

• Artifact Spotlight, 1 p.m., Education Gallery, A closer look at some of the Hall’s treasures featuring a bat used by Michael Jordan while playing with the Double-A Birmingham Barons and a bat used by Dave Winfield û one of just two Hall of Famers who also played in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament û to hit his 400th career home run.

• So You Think You Know Baseball, 4 p.m., Bullpen Theater. Test your baseball and basketball knowledge in this fun trivia contest for visitors of all ages.

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