![]() Stops obviously will include the major-league towns of Chicago, St. Gossage also will be the national spokesman for the tour. Louis, Adam LaRoche in Kansas, Johnny Bench in Oklahoma, Goose Gossage of Colorado, Billy Hatcher of Arizona and George Brett in California. Idelson and Fruth will include former baseball stars who grew up near Route 66: Jim Thome in Illinois, Ryan Howard in St. This just seems like the right place to start.”įruth, whose book, “Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin’’ was the first in a series, now will shoot pictures in a second book titled, “Grassroots Baseball: Route 66.’’ Said Fruth: “There’s nothing more Americana than traveling Route 66 and accomplishing it in an RV. “The concept started with Jean who has documented amateur baseball for years,’’ Idelson said, “and we just felt this is the direction we can really give back to the amateur level at the grassroots level.’’ They will meet with youth groups, hand out gloves and baseballs, and hope to spread the love of the game. Idelson will travel in an RV with baseball photographer Jean Fruth, meeting with young amateur players in 12 communities. ![]() The tour will begin on Lakeshore Drive in Chicago at the start of the famed Route 66, one of the country’s original highways that opened in 1926, and end in October in Santa Monica, Calif. The five-month tour will begin May 1, traveling 2,448 miles on historic Route 66 through eight states. Jeff Idelson, who retires after 25 years with the Hall of Fame in August, will use the trip to promote the launch of Grassroots Baseball, a program designed to boost amateur baseball. The soon-to-retire president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Wednesday will begin a trip on Route 66 to celebrate amateur baseball in the United States. ![]()
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