CYBERSPORT : ON THE WEB, FAME CAN BE FLEETING.If they had a Hall of Fame for sports Internet sites, the National Baseball Hall of Fame wouldn't get in on the first ballot. Or second. It might take a veterans committee vote to make it work. Surfing to the Cooperstown site seems ``The Natural'' thing to do this week. Instead, we find the script to ``The Babe Ruth Story'' - there's nothing to bring it into the modern era. You'd think that since Sunday's induction ceremony wasn't on live TV, it might be live here. Unfortunately, no pictures of the ceremony, no sound bites, no video. Not even Stan Musial Noun 1. Stan Musial - United States baseball player (born in 1920) Musial, Stan the Man, Stanley Frank Musial playing ``Take Me Out to the Ballgame'' on the harmonica harmonica. 1 The simplest of the musical instruments employing free reeds, known also as the mouth organ or French harp. It was probably invented in 1829 by Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin, who called his instrument the Mundäoline. ? And for all the ``interactive'' elements the Hall boasts on its home page, there's very little interactive access from the computer end. The home page provides 11 detours in what amounts to an online brochure. But of those, there are only a couple worth actually clicking onto. Such as a place for frequently asked questions regarding the status of Pete Rose Q: Is it hypocritical that the Hall has about 20 items from Rose's playing days in the museum, but Rose isn't enshrined? A: ``We are a National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum “Baseball Hall of Fame” redirects here. For the similarly styled institution of Japanese baseball, see Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum . It's important to make that distinction. For Pete Rose not to be represented (in the museum) would be an aberration.'' Guess that clears things up. One could, however, spend about a half-hour browsing through the museum store, especially for stuff on Tom Lasorda and his Class of '97 inductees. A '97 induction baseball ($9.95), cap ($16.95 or $18.95 depending on style), T-shirt ($20), tankard ($60, limited to 500) or engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. bat ($115, limited to 250) will put a dent in your Visa. But no e-mail orders. As the Websire develops, individual pages for each member will be posted to include more info, they say. But from what we read, the Hall has seen lean financial times. Don't expect future money to go toward developing the site if that's the case. And that's too bad "That's Too Bad" is the debut single by Tubeway Army, the band which provided the initial musical vehicle for Gary Numan. It was released in February 1978 by independent London record label Beggars Banquet. . As the next generation of baseball fans become Internet-savvy, they surely won't be dazzled by baseball's past here. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The site: National Baseball Hall of Fame Address: http://www.enews.com/bas-hall-fame/ |
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