HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Jeff Idelson Honored, With Spink, Frick Prize Winners Outgoing Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson, left; Jayson Stark, recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, and Idelson’s successor, Tim Mead, wave from the stage at the conclusion of the ninth annual Hall Of Fame Awards presentation at Doubleday Field this afternoon. Between Stark and Mead is Mariano Rivera, the Yankee star pitcher, one of six players being inducted tomorrow. Idelson, who is seen embracing Jane…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 21 2019 Hall of Fame Induction HALL OF FAME INDUCTION – 1:30 p.m. Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Roy Halladay, Harold Baines and Lee Smith will be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame. Stake out your spot the lawn early. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Info, 607-547 2800 www.clarksportscenter.com/events/2019-baseball-hall-fame-induction-ceremony/…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Hundreds Of Lawn Chairs In Place At Ceremony Site With some predicting tomorrow’s 1:30 p.m. Induction of Yankee phenom Mariano Rivera and five MLB colleagues will break attendance records – the heat wave encompassing the Northeast may dampen that – many more fans than usual are thinking ahead and getting out to the field next to the Clark Sports Center to reserve a good spot to view their Heroes of the Game. By noon today,…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT DUE AT INDUCTION Cortizo To Arrive Early Sunday To Attend Rivera’s Entry To Hall COOPERSTOWN – Panama’s newly elected president, Laurentino Cortizo, will be in Cooperstown this weekend to attend the induction of his countryman, Mariano Rivera, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, according to reports in Panama’s major newspapers. Sworn in only on July 1, Cortizo is leaving Panama at 1 p.m. Saturday, will be in New York City by 7…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS • THINGS TO DO Get Ya Baseball Here! Induction Weekend Here By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It’s the biggest weekend of the year, as the Boys of Summer return to Cooperstown for their Induction – the 80th – into the Hall of Fame at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 21, in the field next to the Clark Sports Center. The induction is free; bring a lawn chair or blanket for comfortable viewing. Info www.baseballhall.org • In the…
National Pastime’s Stars Giving Autographs Here Editor’s Note: Here are where the MLB stars will be signing autographs this weekend. ► Roberto Alomar, TBA Tunnicliff Inn ►Jeff Bagwell, TBA Tunnicliff Inn ►HAROLD BAINES, Noon Monday, July 22, Tunnicliff Inn ►JESSE BARFIELD, 2-4:30 p.m., 6-9 p.m. Thursday, July 18, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2-4:30 p.m., 6-9 p.m., Friday & Saturday, July 19 & 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 3:30 p.m.-close, Sunday, July 21, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, July 22, Cooperstown Bat Company. ►…
EDITORIAL Fans, Cooperstown Spent $10-15 Million Preparing For You Welcome, Induction attendees! Will there really be more than a record-breaking 84,000 of us? Excitement. If you’re been here before, look around: You will see many changes and improvements to Cooperstown’s downtown that have occurred since the last record-setter, when Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn set the record for attendance in 2008. If you came then, you might be astonished by what you see now. Then, all the sidewalks were…
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COLUMN Prosperity, Offerings About Cooperstown Editor’s Note: Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch delivered these welcoming remarks when NYCOM, the New York Conference of Mayors, convened Sunday, May 6, at The Otesaga, for its three-day annual conference. I have had the opportunity over the past year to welcome several groups to Cooperstown – but I have to say this is one of the more intimidating as I am facing a room of peers – elected officials who have all had to provide…
