The sign above the portal to the stadium says "Doubleday Field," but on this gray, pre-church bell Sunday morning in Cooperstown, New York, in late June, it might as well say, "Once upon a time ..."
For one thing, the old ballpark looks pretty much the same as it did when the field was first used following the induction of the inaugural Hall of Fame class in June 1939. For another, the two teams playing for the championship of the 2018 St. Louis Cardinals Cooperstown Fantasy Camp are being managed by Dave LaPoint and John Stuper, who were rookie pitchers and roommates on the 1982 world champion Cardinals.