‘Pudge’ Rodriguez Inspired By Bench, Clemente Plaques Baseball Hall of Fame 2017 inductee Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez, “widely regarded as the best defensive catcher of all time,” according to Wikipedia, responded to bilingual questioning from a phalanx of reporters in an “availability” now underway at 25 Main St., Cooperstown. Rodriguez said he was particularly inspired by the plaques of fellow catcher Johnny Bench, as well as Roberto Clemente and Nolan Ryan. “The whole museum is great,” he said. All inductees…
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Oakland A’s Broadcaster Receives HoF Frick Award COOPERSTOWN – Bill King, whose quarter-of-a-century run as the voice of the Oakland Athletics cemented his status as one of the Bay Area’s iconic voices, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. King, who passed away in 2005, will be recognized during the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation on Saturday, July 29,…
HALL OF FAME WEEKEND 2015 Cooperstown Mayor Katz Fan Of Baseball & Village By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Jeff Katz, the first mayor in a while who is both a fan of Cooperstown and of baseball, spent his first few years in Brooklyn, where it was all about the Mets. “In 1969, when they won the World Series, I was 7. It was huge,” he remembers. He adored Tom Seaver, who led their team to the pinnacle. …
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