HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JUNE 8 Curators on Fantasy Baseball CURATOR SPOTLIGHT – 2 p.m. Explore display ‘A Whole New Ballgame’ about fantasy baseball with a hall of fame curator. Begins with the 19th century game of Parlor Base Ball, and up to today’s online leagues. Free, registration for Zoom meeting required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-curator-spotlight-fantasy-baseball?date=0…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 5 Pride Parade On Main DRIVE WITH PRIDE – 2 p.m. Decorate your car for pride month and participate in parade down Main Street with the Otsego Pride Alliance. Line-up is at 1:30 in Neahwa Park. Also includes socially distanced and safe LGBT+ remembrance ceremony. Neahwa Park & Main Street, Oneonta. 607-386 1508 or visit www.facebook.com/otsegopride/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JUNE 4 Oneonta Outlaws Home Game HOME GAME – 7 p.m. Local baseball team Oneonta Outlaws Vs. Mohawk Valley Diamon Dawgs. Damaschke Field, Oneonta. 607-432-6326 or visit www.facebook.com/oneontaoutlawsbaseball/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 Remembering Lou Gherig AUTHOR SERIES – 2 p.m. Celebrate first ever Lou Gherig day with Jonathan Eig, author of the award winning ‘Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig.’ Free, registration required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-author-series-rico-petrocelli?date=0…
Correction The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2021 Induction ceremony will take place in a custom-made television studio being built at an undisclosed location. Because of a reporter’s error, a story in the Thursday, May 20, edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, said the ceremony would take place in the Hall’s Plaque Gallery.…
Dreams Park update opens tourism season By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The summer tourism season begins Memorial Day weekend, with businesses and attractions getting set for a better year now that COVID is beginning to dissipate. After a run of team cancellations earlier in the year, the Dreams Park baseball camp announced new protocols Monday, May 24. The baseball camp in Hartwick Seminary will open Friday, July 23, with no restrictions on social distancing or mask wearing. However, they…
Idelson aims for smooth Hall transition, induction By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will have an encore from its former leader, as Jeff Idelson returned May 15, as interim president. Idelson, who left the Hall in 2019, after 25 years, including more than 12 as president, replaced Tim Mead, his hand-picked successor. Mead left mid-May, saying the isolation from his family in Southern California during the coronavirus pandemic made him unable…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO: Hall of Fame Author Series presents Rico Petrocelli of the Boston Red Sox 05-27-21
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 27 Hall of Fame Author Series presents Rico Petrocelli of the Boston Red Sox AUTHOR SERIES – 2 p.m. Join Rico Petrocelli of the Boston Red Sox for a discussion of his book ‘An All-Star’s Cardboard Memories.’ Free, registration required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-author-series-rico-petrocelli?date=0…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MAY 25 Curator Discuss Baseball Photography From Hall of Fame Archives CURATOR SPOTLIGHT – 1:30 p.m. Join HoF curator Tom Shieber to explore “Picturing America’s Pastime: Historic Photography from the Baseball Hall of Fame Archives.” Free, registration required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-curator-spotlight-picturing-americas-pastime?date=0…
Baseball Hall of Fame to begin summer hours STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Baseball Hall of Fame is beginning its expanded Summer hours starting on Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 30. New hours will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will last through Sunday, Sept. 5, the day before Labor Day. Masks are required but disposable ones will be provided at the entrance for those needing one. The Hall of Fame’s bullpen theater, Learning Center and…
