The Baseball Hall of Fame is going Bananas.
, will open Friday at the hallowed shrine in Cooperstown, New York.
Josh Rawitch, who is president of the Hall, called the team a “phenomenon” that is helping attract younger, less-traditional crowds with shenanigans such asHe said the Bananas deserved to be recognized at a museum that also is striving to create a whole new generation of fans for the national pastime.
Among the rules: a two-hour time limit on games, no bunting, batters having the option of trying to steal first, no stepping out of the box, no mound visits, and a scoring system that awards a point to the team that puts up the most runs each inning. While Cole doesn't claim credit for a series of new major league rules that have increased action and cut down the length of games, he was at the cutting edge of the movement to make baseball more exciting.
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