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Long-time Manager Leyland Steals the Show at 2024 Induction

Widely respected and acknowledged as one of the best of his era, and all-time, Leyland won three Manager of the Year awards (1990 and 1992 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and 2006 for the Detroit Tigers), six division titles (1990-1992, with Pittsburgh and 2010-2013, with Detroit), three league pennants (1997 Florida Marlins, 2006 and 2012 in Detroit) and one World Series title with the 1997 Marlins.…
July 25, 2024

Mauer, Cooperstown Linked Since Long Before Induction Weekend

The 2001 June Draft is more or less where my Mauer story begins, though technically it starts five months earlier. After a year working for the Hall of Fame, and with the help of future Hall President Jeff Idelson, I was literally in my first day as an intern in the Twins’ media relations department when former Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett and former Twin and St. Paul native Dave Winfield both were elected to Cooperstown by the Baseball Writers’…
July 18, 2024

Hall of Fame welcomes six new ‘era’ inductees

2022 ‘Early Era’ inductee Bud Fowler already has his own street in the village. Hall of Fame welcomes six new ‘era’ inductees While Major League Baseball and the Players’ Association dance delicately or otherwise around the current lockout situation, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum presses ahead with news and announcements to keep the faithful alert throughout the winter. This week, the Hall announced the election of six all-time greats through the Eras Committee process, inducting players from…
December 9, 2021

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

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