COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — In 75 years, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has attracted more than 160 million visitors and, at last, one sitting president.

Seven-year-old Cooper Hodgdon’s bright orange sign emblazoned with “President Obama, Play Ball” welcomed the president to Cooperstown, where businesses were preparing for the first big weekend of tourist season that holds much promise, for a speech on tourism.