During the winter of 1993, workers at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, made a remarkable, heartwarming discovery.
While renovating a section of the museum, they found a photograph that had been hidden in a crevice underneath a display case.
The man in the picture has a bat resting on his shoulders; he’s wearing a uniform with the words “Sinclair Oil” printed across the chest; his demeanor is gentle and friendly.
Stapled to the picture is a note, scribbled in pen by an adoring fan.
The note reads:
You were never too tired to play ball.
On your days off, you helped build the Little League field.
You always came to watch me play.
You were a Hall of Fame Dad.
I wish I could share this moment with you.
Your son,
Peter
A son named Peter found a creative way to put his dad in the Hall of Fame.
-- written by Robert Lewis and cited in Real Family Values
P.S. For a great baseball movie about fathers and sons – Field of Dreams.
