The National Baseball Hall of Fame is a national institution located in a small, remote village. It is run by local people and does not have staff sufficient to conduct investigations into missing artifacts. What it should be doing is alerting the state attorney general's office and cooperating fully with law enforcement instead of worrying about bad press. The artifacts and documents in possession of the museum are the property of the State of New York. The State has the resources to investigate and pursue criminals to get back its property. Only by pursuing and prosecuting the thieves can the HOF deter other thefts and assure potential donors that their gifts will be protected.
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