San Francisco's Musée Mécanique
Baseball

This Rock-Ola Baseball game from 1927 is among the museum's most complex devices, according to director Dan Zelinsky. Balls travel through various channels to count balls, strikes, runners on base, hits, and runs. Among the players listed on the roster: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

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