HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, OCT. 15 Dog Walk At Doubleday DOG WALK – 9 a.m. Animal lovers are invited for a walk around Doubleday Field and Cooperstown to support the Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Features music, activities, adoptable animals. Walk around Cooperstown leaves 10 a.m. Pre-registration preferred. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-8111 or visit susquehannaanimalshelter.org/dogs-diamond-walk/ ONEONTA DEVELOPMENT – 1 p.m. GOHS presents the Albert E. Morris award to Kitchen Table Conversations for their work preserving Oneonta oral histories. Followed by discussion of past/present…
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INDUCTION WEEKEND 2017 For Bringing Integrity, Dignity To Game, Rachel Robinson Cited …
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 29 Awards At Doubleday AWARDS PRESENTATION – 4:30 p.m. Features the presentation of the Ford C. Frick award for baseball broadcasting excellence and the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. Gates open 3 p.m. Followed immediately by the Parade of Legends Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. baseballhall.org/events/Awards-Presentation-2017?date=0 PARADE OF LEGENDS – 6 p.m. The Legends of baseball ride down Main St. to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. baseballhall.org/events/Parade-of-legends-17?date=0…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 1 Sounds Of Independence CELEBRATION – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mark Independence Day weekend with a muster of the militia and a reading of the Declaration of Independence on the village green at 1 p.m. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. www.farmersmuseum.org/Independence-Day-July-4th-Celebration WRITERS CAMP – 1:30-3:30 p.m. Join Jen and the HML Writers Group for a NaNoWriMo style weekly workshop. Jen will present prompts and other activities to get you writing. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut…
Cooperstown Warrior’s Baby Girl Sleeps Through Dad’s Hits, Runs Cooperstown’s Wounded Warrior Nick Clark, in right photo, hits what would lead to the first run in this afternoon’s softball game against Cooperstown firefighters at Doubleday Field. But daughter Stella, top photo, in her mom’s arms, slept through all the excitement. Mom Kirsten chats with Kaitlyn DiPippo by the entryway to the historic field. If you hurry, you can catch the second game, between the Warriors and a combined NYCM/Five Star…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 28 Wounded Warrior Softball Double Header DOUBLE HEADER – 12:30 p.m. The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team face off against 1st the Cooperstown Fire Dept. and then a team of representatives from the sponsors of the game. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Info, woundedwarrioramputeesoftballteam.org/event/cooperstown-ny/ PADDLE BOARD DEMOS – 10 a.m.-3 p.m. If you’ve ever wanted to try stand-up paddling, here’s your chance. Free. General Clinton Park, 2507 Hinkley Ln., Bainbridge. Info, www.canoeregatta.org/SUP.html…
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HALL OF FAME CLASSIC 2017 BASE Race Kicks Off Day Of Celebration In his unmistakable bright yellow, Oneonta’s Brandon Gardner, who’s been running distance events since he was 8 years old, accelerates from the starting line at this morning’s Hall of Fame BASE Race, which starts and end in Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field. This is the sixth BASE race – it stands for “Be A Superior Example.” Fees collected help underwrite a Hall program aimed at encouraging young athletes to embrace…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 27 Hall Of Fame Classic HOF CLASSIC GAME – 1:05 p.m. The seven inning Hall of Fame Classic game begins. Preceded by the Home Run Batting Contest by Big League Players at Noon. Tickets, $12.50 First and Third base seats, $11 general admission outfield seats. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Info, (877) 726-9028, baseballhall.org/visit/hall-of-fame-classic. WWAST SOFTBALL GAME – Noon. Wounded Warrior Amputees play softball against the Oneonta Police and Fire Departments. Support your heroes. Admission by donation. Concessions…
Netting Installed At Doubleday To End Pigeon-Dropping Woes A team from Erlich Pest Control, Buffalo, is installing netting under the rafters at the Doubleday Field grandstand today, a $20,000 project that has been under discussion for years to prevent pigeon droppings from falling on fans in the seats below. If you’re interested in having something similar for your event, consider checking out websites similar to https://www.apexbirdcontrol.uk/service/anti-bird-netting-brighton. The Erlich team – Tim Hartnett, Jason Franklin and Alfonso Strickland – just completed…