I'm back from my second extended vacation this fall and, with the exception of a six-jay jaunt down to Cabo in December, I "plan" on being home for quite a while now.

Unfortunately, I brought back something with me from vacation that I didn't anticipate - this morning, I just tested positive for COVID again. Had it three years ago and and it felt like death. So far, I have all of the same symptions but having gotten all of the boosters and such, I'm hoping it doesn't hit me like the last case did.

Also, one place we stopped while on vacation was the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. I had been there 34 years earlier but always wanted to go back. Two things I will say - if you get a chance to visit, make sure you watch the 17-minute movie on Floor Two (it shows every hour on the hour). It's an incredible clip that tugs at the heartstrings.

While there, I was browsing at all of the plaques and I thought it was cool that for all of the HOF'ers that were veterans, they had small round plaques underneath the original that indicated which time-frame/conflict/war that they served in. This is were I'd like to ask everyone a trivia question. It's no fair if you look it up beforehand but it would be a tough one to guess if you didn't.

One of the plaques indicates that this Hall of Famer participated in the American Civil War! This blew my mind...

Any quesses?

Abner Doubleday? Henry Chadwick?

My guess, which I'm guessing is wrong, is George Wright.

All three are incorrect. I'll be back on here later to see if anyone has gotten it correct and to post the answer if not.

Hope you have a mild case, Pat.

Thanks bud - me too.

The answer to the trivia is the Hon. Morgan G. Bulkeley. He was the first president of the National League back in 1876. Here's a clip from WIKIPEDIA about his baseball dealings:

"After returning to Hartford in the early days of professional baseball, Bulkeley formed the Hartford Dark Blues of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players in 1874. In 1875, the team featured Hall of Fame pitcher Candy Cummings and player-manager Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson. In 1876, the NAPBBP was replaced by the National League. Hartford was one of the charter members and Bulkeley was named the league's first president. In his only season as president, he targeted illegal gambling, drinking and fan rowdiness.^[8] After the season, he was replaced as president by William Hulbert. Bulkeley was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1937, 15 years after his death. He was also one of the seven members of the Mills Commission formed by Albert Spalding, the group that gave credence to the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball."


I love Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson...lol.