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That's World Series MVP Jorge Soler's game-used batting helmet in the hands of Hall of Fame VP Shestakofsky as young Albany-area baseball fans admire the Hall's new collection of 2021 World Series artifacts on their way to Cooperstown for display. (Ted Potrikus/AllOtsego.com)

2021 World Series memorabilia displayed at Albany Airport, bound for HOF

By TED POTRIKUS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

The plane from Houston, Texas touched down Wednesday afternoon at the Albany International Airport not 24 hours after the Atlanta Braves dispatched the Houston Astros in six games to win Major League Baseball’s 2021 World Series, and on that flight was an important duffel filled with artifacts destined for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.

An enthusiastic and knowledgeable gaggle of young baseball players from suburban Albany schools crowded around Hall of Fame Vice President for Communications and Education Jon Shestakofsky as he unpacked the precious parcel and displayed the items for the wide-eyed boys. He tried to quiz them, but, with every item he showed, at least one baseball fan was far ahead of him and knew every last detail of the Braves’ and Astros’ championship seasons.

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