HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019

Record Crowd? This May

Be What Jeter Has To Beat

Induction 2019 is still in progress, but the density of the crowd, top photo, from the top of the ceremonial tent to the top of the hill east of the Clark Sports Center couldn’t be more densely packed; eyeballing it, it also appeared the crowd was wider, from Susquehanna toward the woods to the south. The Hall should be releasing its estimate later today; the number to beat is Ripken/Gwynn in 2007 – 82,000. Next year, Derek Jeter’s induction may at least rival today’s of Mariano Rivera and five others. Lower left, Lanie Nealon of Cooperstown got a good view from atop dad Sean’s shoulders. Lower right, by halfway through Induction, CCS sophomore Kimberly Wick had gotten the hang of flipping water bottlers. Vending with her is classmate Ireland Gable. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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July 21, 2019

SCOLINOS: It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide

COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note: Tim Mead, incoming Baseball Hall of Fame president, cited John Scolinos, baseball coach at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, as a lifelong inspiration, particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry, who published sperrybaseballlife.com, heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville, and wrote this reminiscence in 1916 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column. By CHRIS SPERRY • from www.sperrybaseballlife.com In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching…

May 8, 2019

Piper Seamon Scores 1,000th point

1,000 THANKS! Piper Seamon 5th CCS Girl To Hit High Mark The Cooperstown Central student section erupts as Piper Seamon scores her 1,000th career point in the Hawkeyes’ 57-39 win over Waterville at home last evening. Seamon becomes the fifth girl and only the 14th player in school history overall to score 1,000 points. Inset at right, Pipershares a hug with teammate Meagan Schuermann after the game was stopped to acknowledge her achievement. Seamon will play basketball next year at Hamilton College. (Cheryl Clough/AllOTSEGO.com) …

January 15, 2020

Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told

CLICK HERE FOR MEMO TO SCHOOLS Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told COOPERSTOWN – In a memo released Friday evening, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond advised local school superintendents that sports can resume as early as Monday. “Effective Feb. 1, participants in higher-risk sports may participate in individual or distanced group training and organized no/low-contact group training,” Bond wrote, “…including competitions and tournaments, if permitted by local health authorities.”…

January 30, 2021

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