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2Unveiling the BHOF Beacon App
Behind this opening screen, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Beacon App is filled with a wide array of historic baseball points of interest, history and fascinating facts and trivia. The 11.7MB download is presently only available for Apple iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices that are running iOS 8.0 or later. It’s optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones.
3Baseball Destinations, Everywhere You Travel
4Dig Deeper Into Baseball Historic Sites
5Find Out More About the Players
6Brooklyn and the Dodgers
7Dodgers Leave Brooklyn, Say It Ain’t So
8Jim Bunning’s Perfect Game for the Phillies
9Here’s Where Jackie Robinson Stole Home Plate
On Sept. 28, 1955, Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder and baseball icon Jackie Robinson stole home in Game 1 of the 1955 World Series at the original Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y. The Dodgers ended up losing that game, but they went on to beat the hated Yankees in the Series. The daring steal is captured in the Hall of Fame’s Beacon app for users to explore.
10Take a Road Trip Filled With Baseball History
11‘This Place in Baseball’ Tells the Histories of Baseball Landmarks
Want to know more about a baseball destination? The “This Place in Baseball” tab, as shown here for Cincinnati’s former Riverfront Stadium, highlights historic games and moments in a site’s past. Just in time for the All-Star Game, Riverfront hosted two All-Star Games in 1970 and 1988, as well as the World Series in 1972 and 1975. Click the event name to get richer details.
12Keep Your Own Scrapbook of Baseball’s Past
Using the app’s My Stats page, users can keep a detailed log of every historic baseball site they have explored with the app. The page lets users check-in at the sites they visit and tracks their road trips so they you can keep a record of what they’ve seen and experienced.