The Midwest shares a great history with the games of baseball and softball, like the historic Duffy Bass Field right in Normal, IL. 

Micaela Harris with the McLean County Museum of History explains that soon they will introduce an exhibit called "More Than a Game: A Community History of Baseball and Softball." She says it will feature glimpses of the games from the 1920s and how the sports grew into America's Pastime. 

A piece of the exhibit that Harris is most excited for is a recreation of a scoreboard that was housed on the side of the Pantagraph Newspaper in Bloomington. She notes people would gather all around for operators to change the signs and follow along with Major League games. 

Harris indicates that they have struggled to fit all of the information that they have into just a single exhibit. She adds that they even asked community members to come in and share their personal baseball and softball stories and histories. 

The "More Than a Game: A Community History of Baseball and Softball" Exhibit will be coming to the McLean County Museum of History next year. Learn more by visiting mchistory.org.