Commissioner At 22 Main Today BUD SELIG AWED AS HALL BECKONS A few minutes ago, Bud Selig, the former MLB commissioner, signs the base where his plaque will be mounted the evening of Sunday, July 30, after he joins players Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Pudge Rodriguez, and fellow executive John Schuerholz in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2017 Induction that afternoon at the Clark Sports Center fields. As commissioner, Selig had been on the Induction rostrum for 17 years…
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30TH ON USA TODAY LIST Jane Forbes Clark Most Influential Woman In MLB COOPERSTOWN – Jane Forbes Clark was ranked as the most influential woman in baseball in USA Today’s list of the 100 most influential people in the National Pastime. Ranked 30th, she nonetheless led the field for women. The second most influential was Kim Ng, MLB’s senior VP of baseball operations, ranked 40.…
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HoF Inductee Bagwell Visits Where His Plaque Will Hang Jeff Bagwell…
IN MEMORIAM Ronald C. Cook, 70; Member Of CNY Stock Car Hall Of Fame ONEONTA – Ronald C. Cook, 70, the Oneonta native who earned induction into the Central New York Stock Car Hall of Fame, passed away Jan. 20, 2017, at his home in Port Charlotte, Fla., with his family by his side. He was born on Sept. 25, 1946, in Oneonta, son of Shirley Raymond and Hilda Marie Cook. He graduated from Laurens Central School in 1965 and enlisted…
Schuerholz In ’17 Induction Class Atlanta Braves President Gets Orientation At Hall 2017 Inductee John Schuerholz, left, chats with Erik Strohl, vice president/exhibitions & collections, during the former Atlanta Braves president’s orientation visit this morning at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Behind him are plaques of “buddies” he worked with during his MLB career. The inductee worked for the Baltimore Orioles in 1966-69 before becoming the GM for the Kansas City Royals in 1981-90, then GM with the Braves in…
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Claire Smith Named First Female Spink Award Winner COOPERSTOWN – Claire Smith, the first female to cover a Major League Baseball beat extensively and as an influential voice among African-American writers, was elected the 2017 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, it was announced today. She will be honored with the award presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during the Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend July…
Steinbrenner, Selig Considered For Hall Special Committee Proposes 10 In All COOPERSTOWN – Two controversial figures in America’s Pastime, Bud Selig and George Steinbrenner, are among 10 “Today’s Game Era” nominees whose induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame will be voted on Dec. 5, at the Baseball Winter Meetings in National Harbor, Md. Rounding out the ballot are Harold Baines, Albert Belle, Orel Hershiser, Davey Johnson, Mark McGwire, Lou Piniella, and John Schuerholz, the Hall announced today. All candidates except for…