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Induction Business ‘Inundates’ Oneonta, With More To Come By LIBBY CUDMORE The Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary weekend didn’t just stay confined to the streets of Cooperstown. “It had a very positive impact on our local merchants,” said Barbara Ann Heegan, executive director, Otsego County Chamber. “The restaurants were filled, the mall was very filled.” “We were super busy,” said Red Caboose owner Tim Masterjohn, who also serves as the board president of the newly formed Destination Oneonta. “When you…
Baseball’s Heroes Fly Into Oneonta Airport By LIBBY CUDMORE If you saw Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan or contender Don Mattingly at the 75th Induction Weekend in Cooperstown, you can thank Dennis Finn and the Oneonta Municipal Airport. Over the weekend, 28 corporate jets, plus two private planes, landed and took off, said Finn, city Airport Commission chairman. “This is our busiest time of the year,” he said, and this Induction Weekend was the second busiest, after the Ripken/Gwynn event…
Retired Players Can Stay Induction-Eligible For Only 10 Years, Hall’s Directors Decide COOPERSTOWN – The Baseball Hall of Fame board of directors today announced players will only be eligible to stay on the ballot for 10 years after retiring, instead of 15, effective immediately. The only players now on the list who would be affected have been grandfathered: Don Mattingly, Alan Trammell and Lee Smith. Here is the Hall’s full press release:…
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CBS News Profiles ‘The Woman Behind Iconic Cooperstown’ COOPERSTOWN – “Fifty thousand people are expected to pour into Cooperstown this weekend to help celebrate the induction of six legendary names into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,” CBS This Morning reported today. “But as CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg reports, the chairman of the Hall has a unique history of her own, and she doesn’t even work for the major leagues,” it continued. “‘I hope someday that some of…
Cooperstown To Close Streets Friday, Saturday COOPERSTOWN – The village Police Chief Mike Covert announced the following street closures during Hall of Fame Weekend: • Doubleday Field Parking Lot, 3 a.m. Friday through 9 p.m. Saturday. Any vehicles in the lot after 3 p.m. will be towed at owner’s expense. • Main Street between Chestnut and Fair, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday. • Pioneer Street, from Lake to Church, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, ad 7 a.m.-11 p.m.…
Baseball Authors To Sign Books At Willis Monie’s COOPERSTOWN – Two authors will be autographing their books on Induction Weekend at Willis Monie Books, 139 Main St. • Dennis Corcoran, “Induction Day At Cooperstown,” 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, and 8:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday. • Chris Donnelly, “How the Yankees Explain New York,” 1-5 p.m. Saturday, and 10:11:30 a.m. Sunday.…
Hollywood Agent Signing Up Stars By LIBBY CUDMORE Loren Harriet is in the business of making dreams come true. The concert promoter and producer was working in the studio with former Yankees center fielder and jazz musician Bernie Williams when an engineer asked what his greatest moment was. “I think he thought he was going to talk about the World Series,” he said. But instead, Williams talked about getting to Yankee Stadium to practice early one day in 1999. There…