Loosened COVID rules allows Hall to open induction to more fans COOPERSTOWN — Following last week’s announcement by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that lifted significant COVID-19 restrictions, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced Monday, June 21, that tickets will not be needed for free lawn seating for the Wednesday, Sept. 8, induction ceremony. The ceremony was rescheduled from its traditional last Sunday in July to an event at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 8, on the grounds of the…
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EDITORIAL Here’s Evidence That The Arts Can Be Entrepreneurial, Too When the going gets tough, the entrepreneurs get going. A corollary: The entrepreneurial spirit isn’t limited to entrepreneurs. (Per Merriam-Webster: “A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater-than-normal financial risks in order to do so.”) So it was telling to watch the Cooperstown Chamber’s first “Coffee With Coop” panel discussion via Zoom last Friday, March 19. Kudos to the Chamber, and Executive Director Tara Burke,…
Thank Heaven For Derek Jeter No 2021 Inductees, No Schilling, No Bond, No Clemens By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If not for Derek Jeter and his Classmates of 2020, this would have been another sparse summer for baseball in Cooperstown. For the first time since 2013, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected none of the 25 Hall of Fame candidates above 75 percent, leaving the class of 2021 at zero. Hall of Fame President Tim Mead announced…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 25 Voices Of The Game To Honor Hall of Fame Inductee Ted Simmons BASEBALL – Noon. Virtual Voices of the Game to honor Hall of Fame 2020 inductee Ted Simmons who played alongside hall of famers Paul Molitor and Robin Yount for the Milwaukee Brewers. Join them as they reminisce about the Brewers team and their journey to the Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-legends-of-the-game-Ted-Simmons?date=0 for details.…
2 JOURNALISM INDUCTION HONOREES Harrelson Wins Frick; Spink Goes To Cafardo COOPERSTOWN – Ken Harrelson will be honored with the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting, and the late Nick Cafardo, for the J.G. Spink Award for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing” Saturday, July 25, during the 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. A five-time Emmy Award winner, Harrelson became a Chicago icon while calling White Sox games for 34 of his 43 years behind the mic. Born…