Swinging Away: How Cricket and Baseball Connect.

• Position: Athletic Arena

THE national game of England meets America's National Pastime in an exhibition that explores the roots and relationship between two of the world's most popular sports: 'Swinging Away: How Cricket and Baseball Connect" features game-used equipment from historic moments in both sports, while delving into the origins, history, and cultural impact each holds on its respective nation where the games are most revered.

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"[This exhibition] captures cricket's rich history alongside baseball's evolution into America's National Pastime," says Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. "Just as baseball fans make the pilgrimage to Cooperstown to experience the spiritual journey in tracing baseball's past, so too do cricket fans in making their way to Lord's in London to experience the home of cricket.

"By collaborating on this exhibition with [the Marylebone Cricket Club of London] and bringing these treasures to Cooperstown, we are providing fans throughout North America the opportunity to view cricket's glorious history, while learning more about the relationship between these two pastimes."

"Swinging Away" reveals some remarkable surprises and dispels some cherished convictions in its exploration of these two bat-and-ball sports. The collection showcases uniforms and equipment worn by some of the biggest names in each sport, including cricketers Andrew Flintoff, Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara, Shahid Afridi, Robin Wallace, and Charlotte Edwards, as well as baseball legends Casey,Stengel, Harry Wright, Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter (baseball's newest member of the 3,000-hit dub), Barry Bonds, and others.

Additionally, dozens of artifacts which never before have left the C.C...