FROM CLARK FIELD TO WHITE HOUSE Trump Gives Rivera Presidential Medal COOPERSTOWN – Mariano Rivera, Class of 2019, honored as the only Hall of Fame inductee elected unanimously on the first ballot, is getting another honor today – at the White House. At a reception today, President Trump plans to honor Rivera, the Yankees vaunted relief pitcher, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Here’s the complete citation. “During his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera established himself as the…
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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…
ON BASEBALL’S MAIN STREET Seventh-Inning Stretch, Newly Upgraded, Hosts Mariano Rivera Signing By LIBBY CUDMORE • from SUMMER DREAMS COOPERSTOWN – Vincent Carfagno knows the importance of service with a smile. “I had Mariano Rivera here for a signing and, when I drove him to the airport, I told him he was going to the Hall of Fame,” he said. “This year, when he was doing his walkthrough in January, I went over there and gave him a big smile –…
LATIN HERITAGE, GAME BOND THEM Edgar Martinez Honored To Be Inducted With Rivera Surrounded by a phalanx of TV cameras in the Hall of Plaques (and with Babe Ruth, inset, peeking over his shoulder), Edgar Martinez said he’s proud of the shared heritage he and Yankee superstar Mariano Rivera will bring to the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on July 21. He diplomatically side-stepped one reporter’s observation that Martinez batted 572 when facing Rivera on the mound. Martinez, who…
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…
Big Yankee, Plus Halladay, 2 More Could Draw Biggest Crowd, Katz Says Rivera Only Inductee To Win 100% Backing BY LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – Jeff Katz thinks that this will be a record-breaking year in Cooperstown.“With Mariano Rivera getting in, I think it’s very likely we’ll break the all-time attendance record,” he said. Rivera, a career Yankees pitcher, was the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously by the 425 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers…
BULLETIN Rivera, Halladay, More In HoF’s Class Of 2019 COOPERSTOWN – Baseball Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson just announced Edgar Martinez, Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina and Mariano Rivera have been elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America as the Class of 2019 and will be inducted into the Hall at the end of July. Rivera went in with 100 percent support, the first inductee ever to get a unanimous vote. READ HALL OF FAME PRESS RELEASE…
Mariano Rivera Joins HoF-Contender Ballot Mailed Out This Week COOPERSTOWN – The Baseball Hall of Fame’s ballot for next year’s Induction is being mailed this week to the 400 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. It includes pitcher Mariano Rivera among 20 new candidates. Others include pitchers Roy Halladay and Andy Pettitte; infielders Todd Helton, Michael Young, Miguel Tejada and Plácido Polanco; and outfielder Juan Pierre will join 15 holdovers from the 2018 balloting Candidates must be…
IN MEMORIAM: Felicitas Rivera, 81; Retired Near Family In Schenevus SCHENEVUS – Felicita Rivera, 81, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at Albany Medical Center. She retired to Schenevus 15 years ago, near her daughter Dinah and son Barry.She was born on May 2, 1935 in Humacao, Puerto Rico; the daughter of Aureo and Petra (Sanchez) Jimenez. In addition to her daughter and son, she is survived by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, her brothers and sisters and her numerous nieces, nephews and friends.…
The abstract concept had been around for a couple years by the winter of 1936, so the public was not surprised when the official announcement came. But when the world learned on February 2, 1936, that Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner had been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, a new classification arose for future players, managers, umpires, and executives. And a new national dialogue—one that burns brightly today—was born.…