Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to a meeting of human resources leaders from the Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS) at the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, New York. It’s a beautiful and historic facility (I have posted some pictures below), and I enjoyed getting to interact with the HANYS group.
But one reason I was really looking forward to the trip was the chance it gave me to visit a place I had dreamed of for about 40 years, the Baseball Hall of Fame. I unfortunately only had about an hour to case the place, but here’s my video report:
It isn’t exactly the SPAM museum, the tourist attraction in my hometown of Austin, Minn. (located just 4 blocks from “Old Main”), but still is definitely worth the trip. Below are some photos, first of the Otesaga, and then the baseball shrine (click to enlarge):
![Otesaga at night](https://www.social-media-university-global.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Otesaga-at-night-225x300.jpg)
![golf hole](https://www.social-media-university-global.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/golf-hole-300x225.jpg)
Jason Werth’s spikes from the 2008 World Series. For more about why this was cool for me, see here, here and here.
![Werth spikes](https://www.social-media-university-global.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Werth-spikes-300x225.jpg)
Harmon Killebrew was my first boyhood sports hero, so it was neat to see the plaque immortalizing him:
![Harmon](https://www.social-media-university-global.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Harmon-225x300.jpg)
And finally, here is a picture of me with Kirby Puckett’s plaque. I’m thinking this will be my new Twitter avatar:
![Lee Kirby](https://www.social-media-university-global.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Lee-Kirby-225x300.jpg)