LETTER from SAMANTHA DAVENPORT Mecca ‘Tone-Deaf’ Way To Refer to HoF To the Editor: I am a reader of www.AllOTSEGO.com as well as its weekly newsprint companion. Twice now I have seen reference made to the Baseball Hall of Fame as “Mecca” and/or “the Mecca.” Although I too place great value on the HoF and acknowledge it might be very old tradition to use the word, I think calling it “Mecca” is, frankly, tone-deaf. I am sorry to be so…
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Baseball Hall of Fame Welcomes Fans Back By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN For the second time in history, the Baseball Hall of Fame had an opening day. “It’s only the second opener, after the day we first opened,” said Tim Mead, Hall of Fame president. “It puts it in perspective.” On Friday, June 26, nearly 81 years to the day of the first June 12, 1939 opening, Oneonta’s Steve Pindar, visitor services director, opened the glass door…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JUNE 30 Legends Of The Game Featuring Hall Of Famer Dennis Ekersley BASEBALL DISCUSSION – 1 p.m. Virtual Legends of the Game featuring Hall of Famer Dennis Ekersley, pitcher with 100 save & 100 complete games, discussing career, Cooperstown, more during live presentation, followed by Q&A with select participants. Free, Registration required. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-legends-of-the-game-Dennis-Eckersley?date=0 for info.…
What’s Fun In Otsego County Make a Giant, Hike The Trails & Go Boating! Learn about Rube Foster, the founder of the Negro Leagues, and other players from the 1920s – 40s in a virtual field trip at the Baseball Hall of Fame to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the league. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 25, www.baseballhall.org/events/virtual-field-trip-celebration-of-the-negro-leagues?date=0 for info. • If your teen has been cooped up inside for too long, get them out on the trails…
HALL OF FAME REOPENS Tightly Structured Timed Ticket Sales Enables Reopening Rubber-Tipped Stylus One Tool That Allows Fans Back Into Mecca By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The timed-admission system is making reopening of the Hall of Fame possible, Jon Shestakofsky, Hall of Fame vice president/communications & education, said this afternoon. “This way, we’re able to fit within the mandated 25 percent reduced capacity,” which is called for in Governor Cuomo’s NY Forward regulations, he said. Tickets…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 25 Negro League Heroes’ Discussed VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP – 1 p.m. Celebrate 100 years since the founding of the Negro Leagues with virtual program about their history in their heyday of the 1920s, 30s, & 40s. Learn about founder Rube Foster, and the great Black Baseball players Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and many more with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-field-trip-celebration-of-the-negro-leagues?date=0 for info.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 18 Virtual Bird Walk In The Garden VIRTUAL BIRD WALK – 9 -10 a.m. Enjoy virtual walk through sights & sounds of the Edith Wharton Estate to discover/identify the different bird calls with the Otsego County Master Gardeners. Visit www.facebook.com/CCEOtsegoMG/ for info.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Science Trivia Game Night SCIENCE TRIVIA – 7 – 9 p.m. Join AJ Read Science Discovery Center and SUNY Oneonta for 3 round game all about science. Bring your friends or play solo in this Zoom based game. Registration required. Visit www.facebook.com/AJReadSDC/ for info.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAY 29 Discuss Baseball With Turner Classic Films Host BASEBALL DISCUSSION – 11 a.m. Turner Classic Movies film host Ben Mankiewicz, who grew up loving baseball, discusses love of baseball, his favorite team the Oakland A’s, different baseball films. Tune in to find out his favorite baseball film with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/voices-of-the-game-Ben-Mankiewicz-20?date=0 for info. CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Conflict Resolution In Baseball FIELD TRIP – 11 a.m. Students compare, contrast models of resolving differences through exploration of baseball’s player organizations in program ‘Labor History: Hardballs and Handshakes,’ with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-field-trip-labor-history-20?date=0…
