BBHoF Looks at 2024 Eligibles COOPERSTOWN—The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum released a partial list of former MLB players who are eligible for election to the Class of 2024. Next year’s induction will take place on Sunday, July 26. Players must have played 10 seasons and have been retired for five full seasons before they can be selected for the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Provided they remain retired, the following players are…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 2021 Hall of Fame Induction! INDUCTION – Morning. Celebrate induction of 2020 and 2021 class into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/visit/hof-2021 for info.…
IF YOU GO: Take the trolley, pack sunscreen, water By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If you are planning to attend the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Induction, here are some helpful hints: • Bring water and an umbrella: Things can get hot on the field at The Clark Sports Center, where there is no natural shade and attendees might be under direct sun for more than two hours. This is just as likely on a Wednesday…
Induction tribute will feature game’s best, Hall favorites By CHARLIE VASCELLARO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Each year the Hall of Fame Induction ceremony begins with a roll call of members of the baseball community who have passed during the previous calendar year projected on a jumbotron video screen adjacent to the stage where the returning members of the Hall are seated. This year’s “In Memoriam” recognition stings with a particular poignancy in a continued season of mourning both across the…
Midweek Induction brings questions about attendance, coronavirus safety By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In the lull of the 2013 Hall of Fame Induction, when no living people were inducted and only about 2,000 die-hard fans attended on a rainy day, and some people speculated about the demise of the tradition, keen baseball observers knew the Yankees would be coming to Cooperstown eventually. When large class after large class started popping big attendance figures for inductions the latter half…
With induction delayed, HOF awards get Saturday spotlight By CHARLIE VASCELLARO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com While the Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony has been pushed back to Sept. 8, in order to accommodate the inclusion of fans in attendance on the lawn at the Clark Sports Center, the Hall’s annual Awards Presentation honoring baseball writers and broadcasters is scheduled for Saturday, July 24, as a television only event. This year’s Ford C. Frick Award and Baseball Writer’s Association of America…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Baseball Hall Of Fame Welcomes Class Of ’19 55,000 Fans Attended, 2nd Largest The 2019 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame – from left, Harold Baines, Lee Smith, Edgar Martinez, Michael Mussina, Mariano Rivera, and Brandy Halladay, accepting the plaque posthumously on behalf of her husband Roy Halladay – pose for a group photo on the stage following their Induction ceremony earlier today in the field next to the Clark Sports Center. If your…
Big Yankee, Plus Halladay, 2 More Could Draw Biggest Crowd, Katz Says Rivera Only Inductee To Win 100% Backing BY LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – Jeff Katz thinks that this will be a record-breaking year in Cooperstown.“With Mariano Rivera getting in, I think it’s very likely we’ll break the all-time attendance record,” he said. Rivera, a career Yankees pitcher, was the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously by the 425 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Exhibit By Watercolor Society, Art Assocaitions Luck Of The Draw RECEPTION – 5 – 7 p.m. Opening exhibit by Central New York Watercolor Society and Luck of the Draw exhibit, buy tickets, enter to win artwork, final drawing 10/21. Cooperstown Art Association. 607-547-9777 or visit www.cooperstownart.com RELEASE PARTY – 7 p.m. Celebrate first ever issue of The Green Zine, a collection of art & writing from local artists published by The Green Toad Book Store. Grab…
Rector Inducted At Christ Church Parishioners Applaud Father Boston …