2013 Hall of Fame "Special" Induction 7/28...any Net54 members attending?
 

In addition to Hank O’Day, Jacob Ruppert and Deacon White, this year's HOF Induction ceremony will honor 12 old timer electees who never had an official induction. The list includes:

Lou Gehrig
Rogers Hornsby

and the entire Class of 1945:
Roger Bresnahan
Dan Brouthers
Fred Clarke
Jimmy Collins
Ed Delahanty
Hugh Duffy
Hughie Jennings
King Kelly
Jim O’Rourke
Wilbert Robinson

It's pretty neat that so many old timers will have an official induction ceremony this weekend. Each old timer will be inducted by one of the Hall of Famers in attendance. The HOF website states that "The 1:30pm Ceremony will be televised live on MLB Network, broadcast nationally on Sirius XM Radio and will be available via a Web cast at www.baseballhall.org."

I'll be there...will any other Net54 members be attending this weekend?

In honor of these old timers, let's make a thread of the cards of these players.

I'll be there and am looking forward to it. Haven't been since 2004 and am happy with the way they've organized it this year (with no living guys going in).

Great idea for a thread!

Here's another one..
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I plan on being there. Great lineup.

Nice way to generate some additional interest with no living members being inducted this year.

Anyone wanna bet on how many programs from the ceremony signed by at least one of the inductees make it onto Ebay this week?

I'll be there, haven't missed one since 1988. Ted Z sets up at the VFW show as well as my buddy George and several others. Should be a nice time as always - small crowd though is sure to lead to good opportunities to actually have lengthy conversations with the Hall of Famers who will be back in the village. I would recommend it to all as even in down years, it is still cool to visit the museum, chat with other fans/collectors, look at cards, memorabilia, etc... Adam, I hope you are wrong, but do suspect you may be right.

Schedule of Events
 

The following is a schedule of events for those attending.
This is my first visit during Induction Weekend so I'm really looking forward to it.
It would be nice to see some fellow Net54 members there.

8:00am Friday, July 26th at the Plaque Gallery/Off-Site:
PLAY Ball with Ozzie Smith, Rickey Henderson and Juan Marichal (fee)

3:30pm Saturday July 27th at Doubleday Field:
Who's on First? and Casey at the Bat Live performance
Stadium seating is free, tickets are required for Grandstand seating

4:30pm Hall of Fame Awards Presentation at Doubleday Field:
The J.G. Taylor Spink Award and Ford C. Frick Award is presented.
Dr. Frank Jobe, who pioneered the groundbreaking elbow procedure known as "Tommy John Surgery" will be saluted.
Tommy John will be present for Dr. Jobe's recognition
Stadium seating is free, tickets are required for Grandstand seating

6:00pm Hall of Fame Parade of Legends
The parade begins at the intersection of Main and Chestnut Streets and concludes at the Baseball HOF

1:30pm Sunday July 28th at Clark Sports Center
2013 Induction Ceremony honoring Hank O'Day, Jacob Ruppert and Deacon White.
The Induction Ceremony also features the honoring of Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby
and the entire Class of 1945, who never experienced a formal Induction Ceremony.
Tickets are required for entry.

Hall of Famers attending in 2013:
Hank Aaron, Rollie Fingers, Barry Larkin, Brooks Robinson, Roberto Alomar,
Carlton Fisk, Tommy Lasorda, Frank Robinson, Luis Aparicio, Whitey Ford,
Juan Marichal, Tom Seaver, Johnny Bench, Bob Gibson, Willie Mays,
Ozzie Smith, Bert Blyleven, Pat Gillick, Bill Mazeroski, Bruce Sutter
Wade Boggs, Goose Gossage, Joe Morgan, Don Sutton, Jim Bunning
Tony Gwynn, Eddie Murray, Billy Williams, Rod Carew, Doug Harvey,
Phil Niekro, Orlando Cepeda, Rickey Henderson, Gaylord Perry,
Andre Dawson, Ralph Kiner, Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, Sandy Koufax,
Cal Ripken Jr.

Here's some Buchners...

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Anyone know the story why there wasn't an induction ceremony for these players? I understand that many of them may have been deceased at their time of induction, but how about Hornsby? I assume he was still around.

Guessing it must have been war related

Three more days until Induction weekend...is anybody else attending?

Despite great interest, I'll be stuck watching on TV. Good to see two of the "Big Four" honored.

And the second member of the original "Big Four", Joe. Barnes and McVey to go.

Some Great Cooperstown Articles Here...
 

Anybody can tell me what station this is being broadcast on, American station OK but better yet if Canadian? Will it be shown live on the internet? TIA

MLB Network will be showing the inductions.
Not sure if that reaches Canada

Thanks, Jay, for the info. Don't have MLB in my cable TV package. I have MLB Premium on the internet and thought it would be live streamed. If it is I can't find it. Might be able to catch it on one of the podcasts later.

Pilgrammage
 

I made a visit to the HOF in early July when I was in NY to check out the new Yankee Stadium. Here are a few shots I took of their PW card display and of former board member Hal Lewis' Reccius Cigar Wagner:

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Did anyone hear Bud Selig read off the Deacon White and Hank O'Day plaques? No one clued him in on the fact PL stood for Player's League, not Pacific League. At least he gave those two the ole college effort, for the National Association teams on White's plaque, he paused on the first, then skipped over them.

I was very surprised at the lack of knowledge on Selig's part. He seemed to struggle with anything that differed from modern day NL & AL teams. He really came across as clueless to those that follow baseball history. If you are going to honor the players of years past, you should at least understand what teams and leagues they played. I would give Selig a flunking grade for his performance today. Even if he is devoting 100% of his time in the past several months to PEDs, a poor job today.

On the other hand, I thought all three families did a good job on behalf of the new inductees.