LEE, Mass. – One weekend remains to see “The Fascinating Story of Baseball in the Berkshires” at the Lee Premium Outlets.

 

The summer 2025 home of the Baseball in the Berkshires museum project has welcomed 3,000 visitors over the past couple of months, including people from more than 23 countries and 30 states.

 

Guides John Belland, John Connolly, Marc Simon, Krysten St. John, Stan Tracy and Larry Moore gave the visitors a “lay of the land” and let them cover the bases which spanned almost 8,000 square feet of a former furniture store.

 

The local stories of more than 40 Major League players were remembered along with two who have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Frank Grant and Jack Chesbro. The voices of Art, Dale, the Terminator, Turk, the Babe, Lou, Willie and Jackie Mitchell could be heard telling their Berkshire stories as well.

 

But there were also memories of more than 220 minor leaguers and scores of non-player professional personnel that were umpires, groundskeepers, concessionaires and of course,  head office employees.

 

The future and past stars of recreational baseball were remembered as well, from the pictures, their artifacts and many jerseys and jackets hanging from the ceiling.

 

All will come down after Labor Day as the sun sets on another year’s celebration of baseball in the Berkshires.