Hitting science

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.--To any baseball fan, the name "Cooperstown" means just one thing: The Hall of Fame.

Nestled into this tony town deep in upstate New York state, the Hall of Fame is a true treasure trove of baseball memorabilia and a celebration of the best players who ever put on a uniform.

Though he is a lifelong fan, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman had never been to Cooperstown before, so when putting together Road Trip 2010, he made a point of scheduling a stop at the famous museum.

Throughout the building are mementos of the game's glorious past--and of some of its scandals as well.

But the display shown here is a recollection of one of the game's best and brightest: Ted Williams, the Red Sox great, who treated hitting like a science. "On each of the 77 baseballs displayed [here]," a sign at the Hall of Fame reads, Williams "has assigned a batting average. Each indicates what he believes his own average would be if pitches were delivered in these areas of his strike zone."

Click here to read the related story on the Baseball Hall of Fame, click here for a gallery of plaques of the best of the best in the Hall of Fame, and click here to check out the entire Road Trip 2010 package.

July 31, 2010 6:00 AM PDT

Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman