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Class of 2024 Inductions Highlight Hall of Fame Weekend

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held Sunday, July 21 at 1:30 p.m. on the grounds of the Clark Sports Center, located one mile south of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Leyland was elected by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers, Executives and Umpires in December, and a month later Beltré, Helton and Mauer earned election via the annual Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote.…
July 18, 2024

Mauer, Cooperstown Linked Since Long Before Induction Weekend

The 2001 June Draft is more or less where my Mauer story begins, though technically it starts five months earlier. After a year working for the Hall of Fame, and with the help of future Hall President Jeff Idelson, I was literally in my first day as an intern in the Twins’ media relations department when former Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett and former Twin and St. Paul native Dave Winfield both were elected to Cooperstown by the Baseball Writers’…
July 18, 2024

Lost Memoir Sparks Hoyt Family Reunion

Waite Hoyt enjoyed an astonishing run: signed at 15 to the New York Giants; three years as a teen in the rough-and-tumble minors; friend and teammate of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig; vaudeville star; undertaker; oil painter; recovering alcoholic; and beloved radio voice of the Cincinnati Reds.…
July 11, 2024

CCS Honors Student Athletes at All Sports Award Ceremony

Hosted by the Cooperstown Sports Booster Club, the ceremony featured the presentation of end-of-school-year awards, as chosen by the booster club, school officials, athletic coaches and students. Three coaches paid tribute to CCS legend Don Howard, who died June 9 from complications from liver cancer. Howard spent more than 40 years at CCS, and was responsible for getting the school’s track built. The school’s annual track invitational and boys track post-season awards are named for Howard, who attended this year’s…
June 20, 2024
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