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Hall of Fame Notebook: Called Shots, Clubhouse Naps and Derek Jeter Chants

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — A new exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, on the history of baseball cards, is called Shoebox Treasures. After spending a few days in Cooperstown, N.Y., covering the induction ceremonies last weekend, I had a shoebox overflowing with tidbits to treasure. Here are a few scenes and sounds:

WHILE OTHERS DINED inside the stately Otesaga hotel after a rainstorm Friday night, the former Montreal teammates Pedro Martinez and Vladimir Guerrero took a table together outdoors, on a veranda overlooking Otsego Lake.