Seward Announces
$1 Million In Grants
For Damaschke Field
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…
Why is it that Mr. Seward is so concerned with securing grants for ballfields. , Does he realize the lack of cell service or cable tv in Otsego County, resulting in missed, dropped calls, or that computer services in Otsego (& possibly surrounding counties) is minimum, at best?
Maybe more people would live in rural areas, with these services.