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48,000 Expected For Hall of Fame Induction Weekend

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,…

Induction Business ‘Inundates’ Oneonta, With More To Come

Induction Business ‘Inundates’ Oneonta, With More To Come By LIBBY CUDMORE The Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary weekend didn’t just stay confined to the streets of Cooperstown. “It had a very positive impact on our local merchants,” said Barbara Ann Heegan, executive director, Otsego County Chamber. “The restaurants were filled, the mall was very filled.” “We were super busy,” said Red Caboose owner Tim Masterjohn, who also serves as the board president of the newly formed Destination Oneonta. “When you…

CBS News Profiles ‘The Woman Behind Iconic Cooperstown’

CBS News Profiles ‘The Woman Behind Iconic Cooperstown’ COOPERSTOWN – “Fifty thousand people are expected to pour into Cooperstown this weekend to help celebrate the induction of six legendary names into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,” CBS This Morning reported today. “But as CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg reports, the chairman of the Hall has a unique history of her own, and she doesn’t even work for the major leagues,” it continued. “‘I hope someday that some of…