Cooperstown Fun Park
Site For New Waterpark
COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note: Tim Mead, incoming Baseball Hall of Fame president, cited John Scolinos, baseball coach at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, as a lifelong inspiration, particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry, who published sperrybaseballlife.com, heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville, and wrote this reminiscence in 1916 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column. By CHRIS SPERRY • from www.sperrybaseballlife.com In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching…
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How awesome. These parks have had such a great economic impact in the Poconos. This will bring a lot of money into the area!
And just what impact is this going to have on the housing crisis in Otsego County? Dreamspark has already made affordable housing almost impossible to find. Add a waterpark? I’ve always loved where I live. Now I’m thinking it’s becoming a money greedy, tourist motivated barren homeland.