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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66 MLB Stars Sign Autographs, Bringing Crowds To Main Street SEE PHOTO GALLERY OF MLB STARS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS DOWNTOWN TODAY…
Complete Schedule Of Autograph Signers In This Week’s Newspapers …
Crowds Arriving For 75th Induction…
IN MEMORIAM: Joan O. Tripp, 83, Retired Village Librarian COOPERSTOWN – Joan O. Tripp, 83, retired librarian at the Village Library of Cooperstown, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, July 23, 2014.…
The Sizzle Begins Today For Hall’s 75th Birthday …
Silent Auction Underway For Smithy Arts Center…
Crowd Gathers To Cheer Stars Of NBC’s ‘Today’ At The Otesaga VIEW TODAY SHOW FROM COOPERSTOWN COOPERSTOWN – About 100 fans gathered at 6 a.m. today and were ushered onto The Otesaga’s back lawn to participate in NBC’s “Today” Show, scheduled to begin at 7 on the veranda of the hotel, with Otsego Lake and the famous “Sleeping Lion” (Mount Wellington) as a backdrop. In all, 200 fans could be accommodated. “Today” show correspondents Natalie Morales and Jenna Bush Hager were…
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.…
