What A Crowd! Induction Of Mariano Rivera, 5 Others Brings 55,000 Here By JENNIFER HILL & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Induction 2019 was notable for what didn’t happen as much as did. One, the folks who didn’t collapse from the heat. A violent storm late Saturday broke the humidity that created a steamy high of 88, making way for much drier Induction Day Sunday, July 21, with highs in the low 80s and a slight breeze keeping…
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HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Oneonta’s Joe Hughes Meets Teammate Again From Venezuela Season By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When OHS retired athletic director Joe Hughes discovered his former teammate, 16-season MLB shortstop Ozzie Guillén was in Cooperstown last weekend, he and wife Jane jumped in the car and drove up. “He was there to see Harold Baines get inducted in the Hall of Fame,” said Hughes, who continues as Oneonta Outlaws manager this season. “So,…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Record Crowd? This May Be What Jeter Has To Beat…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Hall Cancels Parade – But Wait A Minute! Johnny Bench Walks Route; Rivera Adds Exclamation Mark By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Hall of Fame nearly ruined its own parade. With tens of thousands of fans – close to a record, if not one – lining Main Street and thunder rumbling softly in the distance, the 6 o’clock hour arrived. The lead pickup in the Parade of Legends, an Induction Weekend…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Crowds Growing On Main Street P.J. Carter, left, son of famed Expo and Met Gary Carter, gives his dad’s best wishes to Tommy Lasorda, famed two-decade manager of the L.A. Dodgers, who is signing autographs today on Main Street, Cooperstown. Behind Lasorda is another great, Lou Pinella, who finished up his 16-year playing career as a Yankee. Crowds are bigger than usual for a first day of Induction Weekend, said Vinnie Russo, proprietor of Mickey’s…
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…
Rivera Honors Rod Carew During Hall Of Fame Tour Standing in front of Minnesota Twins infielder Rod Carew’s plaque, Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera reflected on the legacy of the first Panamanian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him,” he said. “He made it possible for me to follow him.” Rivera, the first player elected to the Hall of Fame with 100 percent of the votes on the ballot, toured the Hall…