Day 236: A Museum like no other

     In my last post, I mentioned that the touchstone of the Navy Pier Harry Caray's is the Chicago Sports Museum.  Located inside the restaurant, this space offers exhibits of all kinds related to Chicago sports(mostly baseball). This is the place where you can see such treasures as:

• The home plate from Kerry Wood's final game before retiring(signed by Woody himself, of course)
• The blasted smithereens of what used to be a baseball used in a certain baseball game on October 14, 2003(there will be more on this later, oh boy will there be more on this later...)
• Several pieces of memorabilia from the actor James Denton(who used to bus tables at the establishment when he was a struggling young actor)
• Richard Dent's 1985 Super Bowl trophy
• The bat used to make the final out of the 2005 World Series
• several old newspaper clippings reporting on classic moments in Chicago Sports History
• And of course, the are many other priceless collectibles.

     The Museum is always a must-see whenever you're at Harry Caray's, it's definitely good for killing time while you're waiting for your table to be ready or for your food to be delivered.  I would highly recommend it the next time you find yourself on Navy Pier.