European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 52 stars and stripes june 2007 hitting a Home run Hall of fames video learning program gets rave reviews from teachers by John Kekis the associated press baseball sea son int even close to the dog Days of sum and James Yasko already has put in a full year of Yasko is manager for the National base Ball Hall of Fame and museums visitor education through video conferencing with schools around the Yasko and his staff use baseball to teach kids in 16 subjects from math to geography to civil rights to labor to pop we bring a new Way of and were proud of said who had delivered 250 presentations by Early we teach them before they realize there and its a big feedback has been overwhelmingly positive in has exceeded our sex said Jeff director of education and Public programs for the Hall of we would never have expected when we started this that its now to the Point where were probably going to be doing somewhere around 400 video conferences in begun five years the program Al ready has reached school kids in All 50 and Yasko recently completed a ses Sion with a school in the dominican re pub we realized the education value base Ball can but we had no idea it would be so Yasko were having to turn schools its a Nice problem to the Hall of Fame staff has created More than 100 and More Are in the classes Are divided into and the object is to score the most teams can try for a triple or Home and the questions increase in difficulty with each extra calculators can be used for q what player won the most games in his career a by we realized the education value baseball can but we had no idea it would be so were having to turn schools James Yasko manager of the Hall of fames visitor education program q he won percent of his 827 Deci How Many games did he win a q Ichiro had 242 34 were eight were triples and eight were Home How Many singles did he have a q Connie Mack began managing the Philadelphia As in 1901 when he was 39 and retired when he was what year was that a last fifth and sixth graders from Caroline Atkinson intermediate school in took part in a math video and excitement in the class room reached fever pitch heading into the Bottom of the kids stood with their arms raised jumping up and Down while trying to get called on Assa Mantha Waskos guided the Blue team into its final trailing the red team the blues loaded the bases and went for it going for the Home run Faria All but keep in mind if you dont get the red team will this is a Tough one in the 2004 american league in 60 a bats Manny Ramirez had 16 three doubles and two Home what was his slugging percentage Mike Grol Yap James manager of visitor education at the National baseball Hall of and John interactive systems prepare a video conference with a school in West Virginia from the Hall of Fame in on the staff uses baseball to teach kids in 16 subjects from math to geography to civil after some furious the blues answered the question correctly for a grand slam and won the game by a the kids loved they were Able to understand and it really does incorporate into the stuff there doing in the class its using the technology of the said Margaret technology staff Developer at we talked about the kids learning and making the schools relevant to the this is one of the great ways you make it there not not organizers say its not just a gimmick to entice More people to visit the Hall of if we create interest in that Yasko the primary thing is getting kids to it just gives kids More of a real life sex something that not take out your Faria it actually puts them in Contact with something they could they could go to a game and actually keep track of some ones hits and the Hall of Fame has wireless internet allowing Yasko to conduct ses Sions from anywhere in the building and permitting the use of exhibits and artefacts from the Halls vast collection to Aid the learning part of the Charm of the program is the unpredictability that built into every ses visitors touring the museum invariably Stop to during a video Confer ence about former new York Yankees Star Lou Gehrig and what he endured in his Ca reer and a Man in a wheelchair stopped with his wife and he was Faria we had a Long and As it turned he had Lou Gehrig i did a later program that Day on the same and he came joined in and talked to the students and shared his experience of what it was like to have Amy trophic later Al the kids would never have had that Opportunity in the Ripken think Bonds should be an Allstar by Ronald Blum the associated press new York Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn think its a no brainer Barry Bonds de serves to be on the no Allstar theres a Shadow that hanging Over top of the com missioner and Hank Aaron Are torn whether they should Cele brate the breaking of the Al time Home run Ripken said but when i think of i think of him As an Allstar Bonds began tuesday with 749 six shy of Aarons after hitting 11 homers in his first 76 a bats for the san fran Cisco he has four in 109 a bats his batting average leads giants and the 13time Allstar outfielder tops the major leagues in on base percentage and walks there has to be one Guy from each and theres no ques i Hes having the Best year on that Gwynn there playing it in his Home and i honestly think he de serves to be in the latest fan voting for Start ers at the july 10 game in san Bonds was fourth with trailing the new York mets Carlos Beltran Cincinnatus Ken Griffey and the Chicago cubs Alfonso Soriano players vote eight More Posi Tion players to the no roster and the Louis cardinals Tony la the no Allstar selects three no pitchers in con Junction with the commissioners rosters will be announced Sun Ripken and both set for induction to the Hall of Fame on july Are among the like Cal theres always going to be a Cloud hanging Over Barry because of All the Specula but youre talking about one of the three greatest players that Ever played this and the games in his Gwynn i just completely be Lieve he should be others around baseball to the Allstar game is for the san Diego padres general manager Kevin towers the especially Here in san Are going to want to see Barry in the Allstar Hes one of the greatest play ers of All there hosting the game and i dont think it would be right for Barry not to be in the Allstar Hes a Ripken and Gwynn repeatedly praised Bonds during a Telephone conference Gwynn said theres no question that Bonds should be in the Hall of Hes one of the most Complete players probably to have Ever played this i know Hes the Best player that i played against in my Gwynn i think Hes Good for baseball in the sense that he gives kids the Opportunity to see whats possible on the baseball Field every and theres an anticipation that Hap pens when he comes up to the while Bonds is a Hall of Fame Aliber player in Ripkens he said the Issue of whether Bonds used performance enhance ing drugs could be held against him by voting members of the baseball writers association of while Ripken per cent and Gwynn easily gained election to the Mark Mcgwire appeared on just percent of in someone that assumes in Nocent until proof is otherwise but having said the natural tendency is to be sushi Ripken on another Gwynn said Milwaukee Prince fielder and Detroit Manglio Ordonez were his first half that Bostons Josh Beckett was the top Al Pitcher and that san Diego Jake Peavy and Philadelphia Cole Hamels were tied As the Best no Ripken said the most impressive first half players were fielder and the new York Yankees Alex both predicted the Yankees will make the there going to get better As the year goes Ripken Treyve got top Good of a and their pitching staff will be come a Little bit More Gwynn thinks finish Sec Ond to Boston in the Al East and win the wild i think find a Way to get because Good teams find a Way to win games when it matters the he a sports writer Janie Mccauley in san Francisco contributed to this he
