After years of trying to find a more permanent home for his massive collection of signed baseballs, Florida collector Dennis Schrader got the city of St. Petersburg, FL to give him some space. The city raised over a quarter million dollars to build Little Cooperstown, an exhibit dedicated to Schrader’s collection. Some of the biggest names in baseball history are … [Read more...] about Little Cooperstown Exhibit Opens; Are All of Those Baseballs Real?
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Huge Autographed Baseball Collection to Have New Home as Part of St. Pete Baseball Exhibit
St. Petersburg, FL was once touted as Baseball City USA because of the hundreds of Major Leaguers and dozens of Hall of Famers who came to the city for Spring Training. Now some of those names are coming back home in the form of over 4,600 autographed baseballs. Schrader’s Little Cooperstown, what officials call “a world-class baseball exhibit”, opens October 22 in the St. … [Read more...] about Huge Autographed Baseball Collection to Have New Home as Part of St. Pete Baseball Exhibit
Autographed Baseball Collection Just Part of ‘Little Cooperstown’
Semi-retired mobile home executive Dennis Schrader's passion for baseball knows no bounds. The enthusiastic collector has gotten nationwide publicity over the last week or so--ever since the Guinness Book of World Records people deemed his stash of 4,000+ autographed baseballs the biggest in the world. The 65-year-old Florida resident's collection started when he was nine … [Read more...] about Autographed Baseball Collection Just Part of ‘Little Cooperstown’
Autographed Baseball Collection Now a World Record
One man's autographed baseball collection is now in the Guinness Book of World Records. Dennis Schrader owns over 4,400 signed balls, all on display in the spare bedroom of his Odessa, FL home. In September, London-based Guinness certified that Schrader's "Little Cooperstown," was worthy of the title, although we're not quite certain how extensive their research … [Read more...] about Autographed Baseball Collection Now a World Record