Mike Piazza At Hall For Pre-Induction Visit There’s always a pretty good press representation when incoming Baseball Hall of Famers visit 25 Main St., but today’s contingent was particularly large, as Mike Piazza, former Met and headliner at this year’s Induction Weekend, July 22-26, received his pre-Induction briefing from Erik Strohl, Hall vice president/exhibitions & collections. Here, Hall spokesman Craig Muder introduces the star after he stopped…
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Jane Clark Wins Standing Ovation Rare Appearance Draws Overflow Crowd In a rare local public address, Jane Forbes Clark, Cooperstown’s #1 citizen, packed the Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater to overflowing this afternoon with a talk on her family’s legacy in Cooperstown and Otsego County. She detailed the activities of The Clark Foundation (college scholarships, plus much more), The Scriven Foundation (support for local charities, plus much more), and the one for-profit entity, The Leatherstocking Corp., which operates The Otesaga, The…
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Boston Globe Sportswriter Wins Spink Award COOPERSTOWN – Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy, who has been a voice on baseball in New England and nationally for 35 years, has been elected the 2016 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the Hall of Fame announced this evening. The award presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during Hall of Fame Weekend, July 22-25, in Cooperstown. Shaughnessy will…
Hall Opens ‘Autumn Glory,’ Celebrating Royals’ Crown COOPERSTOWN – “Autumn Glory,” an exhibit celebrating the Kansas City Royals’ 2015 World Series victory, opens Friday at the Baseball Hall of Fame, featuring the following artifacts: • Jersey worn by Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer in Game 5, which featured his dash home with the tying run in the ninth inning • Glove used by Royals catcher and World Series Most Valuable Player Salvador Perez throughout the Series…
Carlton Fisk Helps Cut Ribbon On Hall’s ‘Whole New Game’ REVIEW DETAILS OF THE HALL’S LATEST EXHIBIT…
Banner In Downtown Cooperstown Backs Pete Rose Induction Into Hall READ ‘BAD BOYS OF SUMMER IN CONFRONTATIONS HERE,’ IN THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL ON NEWSSTANDS NOW…
HALL OF FAME WEEKEND 2015 Oneonta Airport Hosts Fewer Planes For Induction, But Sees a Few Surprises…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2015 48,000 Due In Cooperstown For Hall of Fame Weekend By LIBBY CUDMORE • for allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Comedian Jeff Foxworthy and former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw are among the 48,000 people expected to visit Cooperstown for the Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend. Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz are scheduled to be inducted into the Hall of Plaques at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in ceremonies outside the Clark Sports Center. “We’re excited!” said Craig Muder,…
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