These are some of the 50 or so games in Home Games: A Century of Baseball Games from the Collection of Dr. Mark Cooper, a special exhibit at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. A Philadelphia-area radiologist, Cooper channeled his boyhood passion for playing baseball games into collecting a glowing collection of vintage baseball board games of all kind. The older games, from eras before the ones shown, are simply awash in nostalgia. It's a charming exhibit that runs till the end of the year. If you want to see it, you'd better hustle.Speaking of the Hall of Fame, it's now almost official: Greg Maddux will announce his retirement from baseball on Monday at the winter meetings in Las Vegas. As I've written before, I got to see lots of Maddux, one of my all-time faves, all those years that he was with the Braves. He could pitch.
