Attention baseball fans in the DC area -- the travelling exhibit of relics from ther HoF has arrived at the Smithsonian.

There's the historic -- the "Doubleday" ball and Shoeless joe's shoes; and the Hollywood -- "Wonderboy" from The Natural.

Sounds like a good way to spend an afternoon-- here's a Washington Post article about it -- even if it comes wrapped in the puke-inducing name of "Baseball As America."

Hmmm...might have to squeeze in a trip to DC sometime this summer.

Move over Cooperstown -- come on in Pittsfield, Mass.

"The city released a 213-year-old document ... they believe is the earliest written reference to baseball.

The evidence comes in a 1791 bylaw that aims to protect the windows in Pittsfield's new meeting house by prohibiting anyone from playing baseball within 80 yards of the building."

Link to Baseball's \"Garden of Eden\"