Names on a Brick

When Marilyn and I last visited Cooperstown, it was in October, 2006, shortly after the deaths of her mother and my dad. The trip was made as much to get away from town and clear our heads after a very emotional period of our lives as it was to see the Hall of Fame. It was a very nice, if bittersweet, trip.

While there, we picked up an informational brochure that described a fundraising campaign to help maintain and upgrade Doubleday Field. For Christmas that year, Marilyn had purchased a brick with an inscription that would be placed on the walkways outside of Doubleday Field. As the years went by, we kind of forgot all about it, and it wasn't even on our radar on our trip to Cooperstown this past weekend. It wasn't until we walked up to Doubleday Field and actually saw the inscribed paver stones that we even thought to look for it.

After some intense searching, we found the stone, and here it is:


I have to tell you that seeing that brick was a pretty emotional experience for both of us. It is really neat to know that it will sit in Cooperstown forever.