ALL STAR GAME / BETWEEN INNINGS CHATTER

Top Row, Left to right: Honus Wagner, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tris Speaker, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler and Walter Johnson; Lower, L-R: Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Connie Mack and Cy Young.

 Here's a vintage Major League baseball photo that should spark some between innings dialogue among diehard fans.  It was taken in 1939 and shows members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Most likely the photo was taken on June 12, 1939 when the Hall of Fame building itself, located in Cooperstown, New York officially opened.  In the photo, three of the five original inductees are present: Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson (not shown Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson).

The Hall was established in 1936 and since then new additions continue to be selected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).

Check out the great shoes worn by Mr. Collins and Mr. Ruth.

Because he bowed his head as photo was taken here is another image of Walter "Big Train" Johnson.

and below are the first players inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame: