November 7, 2002

Natural History Museum Announces Baseball As America Extended Through December 31

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Cooperstown, NY — November 7, 2002 — Baseball As America, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's national exhibition tour, has been extended through December 31 at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the Southern California museum announced on Thursday. The announcement coincided with the unveiling of several artifacts from the 2002 World Series that have been added to the exhibition for the remainder of the Southern California stay.

The national tour of Baseball As America is sponsored by Ernst & Young.

	World Series artifacts added to Baseball As America exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, November 7, 2002. Front row (left to right): Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey, fifth grader Logan Willis (Calvary Academy in South Westminster, CA), fourth grader Matthew Gross (Curtis Elementary in Los Angeles, CA) and his classmate Matthew Morton. Back row (left to right): Gary Birkenbeuel (a partner at Ernst & Young), Tim Mead (vice president of communications with the Anaheim Angels), Kevin Uhlich (senior vice president of operations with the Anaheim Angels), Tom Jacobson (vice president of development with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, holding Gene Autry's cowboy hat), and Hall of Fame Member Rod Carew.

The Anaheim Angels and San Francisco Giants staged one of the most exciting World Series in recent history, with both teams showing incredible resiliency. Fans and historians of the game living on the West Coast will now be able to relive one of baseball's most memorable Fall Classics, as six historical artifacts will be unveiled in the Hall of Fame's Baseball As America exhibition.

Artifacts from the San Francisco Giants include:

• the bat of Tsuyoshi Shinjo, who became the first Japanese-born player to appear in a World Series

Artifacts from the World Champion Anaheim Angels include:

• the cap worn by 20-year old rookie Francisco Rodriguez, who became the youngest pitcher to win a World Series game
• Scott Spiezio's bat from his 3-run home run in Game 6, when the Angels came back from the largest deficit ever in a potential Series-deciding game
• the home jersey worn by World Series MVP Troy Glaus, who hit .385 with 3 HR and 8 RBI
• one of Gene Autry's cowboy hats
• a Rally Monkey

Additionally, the bat used by Adam Kennedy to hit three home runs in the Angels' Game 5 ALCS-clinching victory, securing a World Series trip for the Angels, is also on display.