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    Where It All Began Bat

    4.0 (4 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Mickey's Place

    Mickey's Place

    3.8
    (18 reviews)
    0.0 mi
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    When Wifey surprised me with a Cooperstown trip I knew it was going to be an amazing weekend and…read morethere really ain't much about the trip I wouldn't give five stars...including Mickey's Place. I knew the shopping in Cooperstown wasn't going to bring many, if any, bargains so I was just hoping to find some cool stuff. I spent a LONG time in Mickey's, but walked out with just a single item...a new Brooklyn Dodgers cap. They had a great selection of clothing, caps and memorabilia, but the hat was all that came home with me. I'll be back someday...

    So, I was a little hesitant to order from Mickey's place because of their posted return/exchange…read morepolicy. I received one of the Mets '62 heritage series hats which was a little small and came with a soft brim instead of the firmer brim I was familiar on New Era hats. Clyde responded to my email the very next day and explained that older versions of these hats had softer brims. He then located the next size up in the newer version with the firmer brim and waived the shipping to send it back out to me. I also picked up one of the NY Giants Heritage hats. These are 50% wool and 50% polyester and shrink up nicely after a bit of wear. I definitely prefer these to any of the 100% polyester on field hats from New Era. They are hands down, the best fitting hats I own. And Mickey's Place has, like, all of them. While I have historically ordered from the Hall of Fame store (which also has excellent customer service), the selection at Mickey's Place is excellent. I would definitely recommend shopping here! Looking forward to visiting in person this summer and snagging one of the Brooklyn Dodgers heritage caps.

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    Cooperstown Bat

    Cooperstown Bat

    3.4
    (8 reviews)
    0.0 mi
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    This place is fantastic. You can select from a wide variety of bats and then have them custom-made…read more For a very, very small fee they will ship them to you as well. This was good for me since I had a long flight and could not take the bats on the plane. They are very reasonably priced. They have many different varieties. It really is an excellent gift and souvenir item. You can put the Cooperstown Hall of Fame logo on the bat as well as three lines of customization. A really wonderful gift idea and memento from your trip to Cooperstown, New York. Service was friendly and helpful.

    If you're looking for a bat that doubles as a toothpick after one swing--congratulations, you've…read morefound your store! I bought a bat from Cooperstown Bat Company, and let me tell you... I've seen breadsticks at Olive Garden with more structural integrity. I sneezed near it and it cracked. I'm not saying it was made of recycled Popsicle sticks, but I am saying it had "fragile ego" energy. And the community support? You'd think a shop with "Cooperstown" in its name would care more about, I don't know... Cooperstown. But nope! They're about as supportive as a wet paper towel in a hurricane. Save yourself the disappointment. Go elsewhere unless you're in the market for an expensive souvenir that doubles as kindling.

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    Variety of 29 inch bats for customization
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    Baseballism

    Baseballism

    4.8
    (37 reviews)
    0.1 mi
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    While we were playing at Cooperstown, we booked a tour at the Cooperstown Baseballism shop. This…read moreis a must do for any team competing at Dreamspark or All Star Village. Everyone there was great. The gentleman that gave us the tour was phenomenal. Extremely knowledgeable, got the players and parents involved and went above and beyond to make the tour memorable due everyone. One of the parents even said that we should've done the tour before the tournament to get the kids pumped up. After the tour, you can go crazy in there just choosing from hats, shirts, hoodies with great baseball sayings on them. It was buy one get one 50%, so the kid got site shirts and a pair of hats. Don't miss out on this opportunity when here. If you go with your team, they hand out limited editing pins, which we all know the kids go crazy for the pins.

    Booked a tour based on recs. We walked in at 2:55 to let them know our group was ready. Three, 20yr…read moreold kids just stood there, no greeting no welcome then told us to stand by the map. Waited until about 3:10 and went back to the front desk and told them we were ready and they told us to keep waiting. A few minutes later we walked out. A parent from our group went back about 20min later and the manager says, "we told you guys to wait". This was a terrible experience. Do not expect anything out of the tour or the employees.

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    Players signed, signed by 8 hall of famers
    Woods F R House of Pro Sports

    Woods F R House of Pro Sports

    5.0
    (2 reviews)
    0.0 mi

    I have almost as much fun shopping in this store as I do walking through the Hall of Fame. I…read moreremember going here as an 8 year old and wanting everything in the store. Now I'm 31 and I want two of everything. Sure, they have all the stuff you'd expect to find in a Cooperstown gift shop: name/number t-shirts for current stars and Hall of Famers; New Era hats for all 30 teams, as well as vintage teams like the St. Louis Browns and Colts 45s; bumper stickers for the Yankees, Mets and Red Sox. But what makes this place special is the vintage souvenirs and fan gear. Remember puffy stickers? Remember 4-inch buttons with players' pictures on them? Remember batting helmet sundae and cereal bowls? Remember painter-style hats with MLB team logos? Remember ceramic bobbleheads? They're all here. And they're authentic. They don't sell replicas or reproductions of kitschy 70s and 80s fan collectibles. They sell originals, the same ones I was browsing over in 1989. One case contains mid-80s stickers for several MLB teams with a sign that says, "Ask about your favorite team!" I didn't see the Yankees, so I asked. "We've been sold out of them since the early 90s," replied the shopkeeper. "Once these are gone, they're gone forever. They don't make them anymore." In a strange way, I was more excited to hear that. Despite this, prices are fair and don't seem too far off from what they were in the 1980s. After you're done in the Hall, come here for a very different trip down memory lane. Even if you don't buy anything (doubtful) you'll leave with a smile on your face.

    Visited in November. Super friendly staff. They were extremely helpful and recommended tons of…read moreplaces nearby to visit. I bought adorable Cooperstown trucker hats for my young nephews and they wear them all the time!

    Where It All Began Bat - sportgoods - Updated July 2026

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