Tampa Baseball Museum is in the restored and relocated home of Al López, situated in Ybor City, the neighborhood of many Cuban exiles and Latin American immigrants.
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| Chickens wandered freely in Ybor City |
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| Tampa Baseball Museum (2021) at Al López House (1905), the childhood home of López, who was 16 years of age when he began playing professional baseball |
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| Al López was the first Major League Baseball player, manager, and Hall of Fame inductee from Tampa |
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| Stadium seats and Home Plate from the first Al López Field in Tampa |
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| A 1930s Catcher's Mask and an autographed "López Model" Catcher's Mitt (by Hutch), both similar to what López used |
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| Autographed "Al López Edition" of a Louisville Slugger Bat |
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| Other baseball players from Tampa were also honored, including female Senalda "Shu Shu" Wirth |
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| Collection of 1946 Tampa Smokers trading cards that were inserted into cigar packs |
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| Collection of autographed baseballs (90) from every Major League Baseball player from Hillsborough County |
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| Autographed Commemorative Card of the Al López Baseball Hall of Fame plaque, and a silver plate listing the Hall of Fame inductees of 1977 |
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| Ybor City Cigars and a 1960s "Al López Edition" MacGregor Glove |
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| We finally found the Al López statue (1992, by Stephen Dickey) in a corner of Al López Park (drive-by photo) |
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