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CROWD 3RD BIGGEST EVER

An estimated 48,000 people, which the Baseball Hall of Fame estimates is the third largest crowd in Induction history, fills the field to the east of the Clark Sports Center this afternoon for the Inductions of Torre, LaRussa, Cox, Maddux, Glavine and Frank Thomas. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
An estimated 48,000 people, which the Baseball Hall of Fame estimates is the third largest crowd in Induction history, fills the field to the east of the Clark Sports Center this afternoon for the Inductions of Torre, LaRussa, Cox, Maddux, Glavine and Frank Thomas. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
Before a near-record crowd, Joe Torre delivers an acceptance speech focusing on how he tried, tried again, getting fired three times at an MLB general manager only to achieve a stellar record with the New York Yankees.
Before a near-record crowd, Joe Torre accepts his plaque from Hall chairman Jane Forbes Clark, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and Hall president Jeff Idelson.  He then delivered an acceptance speech focusing on how he tried, tried again, getting fired three times at an MLB general manager only to achieve a stellar record with the New York Yankees.

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