Fingers, Gossage Manage
Teams In 11th HoF Classic
Saturday Game Starts at 1:50 in Doubleday Field;
BASE Race Leaves Doubleday Parking Lot At 9
COOPERSTOWN – The first pitch of the 11th Hall of Fame Classic Legends Game, bringing six Hall of Famers and other MLB stars to town, will be thrown at 1:05 p.m. Saturday (tomorrow) in Doubleday Field.
Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage will manage their respective teams, while Hall of Famers Bert Blyleven, Trevor Hoffman, Tim Raines and Alan Trammell will lend a hand in the dugout and in the coach’s boxes.
Tickets will go on sale at 8 a.m. tomorrow at the Hall of Fame, $12,50 for the first-base line and $11 for the outfield.
The associated BASE 5K race, to benefit the Hall’s Be A Superior Example campaign against youth using steroids, takes off from Doubleday Field at 9 a.m., followed by a Fun Run at 9:15. Same-day registration is $30 per individual and $65 for families.
The lineups for Saturday’s Classic will feature:
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Team Rollie (Visiting Team – 3B Dugout) Rollie Fingers –Manager Bert Blyleven, Tim Raines – Coaches
MARQUIS, Jason RHP
Reserves: BALFOUR, Grant RHP FRANCIS, Jeff LHP MARTÍNEZ, Cristhian RHP MENDOZA, Ramiro RHP ROWLAND-SMITH, Ryan LHP
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Team Goose (Home Team – 1B Dugout) Goose Gossage – Manager Trevor Hoffman, Alan Trammell – Coaches
TOMKO, Brett RHP
Reserves: ASHBY, Andy RHP HENNESSEY, Brad RHP KENDRICK, Kyle RHP NATHAN, Joe RHP PARRISH, John LHP
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