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11-25-2024, 11:59 AM
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The card shops in Cooperstown are classic in the sense of aesthetics, but they are sharks praying on the tourists with singles prices at 10-25x of sanity. The new Dave and Adam’s story was clean and brand new when I was there.
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11-25-2024, 12:16 PM
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Hall suffers losses
The average value of a MLB franchise is 2.4 billion dollars, somebody tell me why those boys can't lend a hand to Cooperstown.
According to the article, covid is responsible for the drop in attendance. Wouldn't this be a one-time thing. I agree, Cooperstown, one of the places on earth you can't get to from here. But.... Why couldn't the Hall send out a traveling exhibition. I don't mean a 40 foot trailer filled with stuff, but an arrangement with major museum across the country. Of course this would actually involve some work on the Hall's part. Can't have that.... Then again, maybe the people who go to places like the Hall are just getting old and nobody is filling the gap. Finally, the stock market is thru the roof, how is it they can't make money on their endowment.
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11-25-2024, 12:26 PM
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11-25-2024, 12:32 PM
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About 260,000 visited the baseball HoF last year, but according to them, that's down from 2022.
About 208,000 visited the pro football HoF last year, up 30,000 from 2022. But, over 700,000 visited Canton for the enshrinement ceremonies last year.
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11-25-2024, 12:41 PM
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11-25-2024, 01:06 PM
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LOL, when have they done this?
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11-25-2024, 03:39 PM
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11-25-2024, 01:20 PM
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The US cycling hall of fame was in a strip mall in NJ. Then lost it's lease and was put in storage.
After a few years and a search for a new home it was given a place by UC Berkely. They have had no support at all from any of the companies.
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11-25-2024, 05:25 PM
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As for Cooperstown, I think it's kind of cool that it is in a hard to reach place. If you want to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, it's not all bad that you have to trek a little bit to get there. If the HOF were in New York City, it be just another obligatory stop on the dreaded museum tour.
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11-25-2024, 01:23 PM
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The Warriors actually paid for their new arena in San Francisco (which the team brass complained about publicly), but that's definitely an outlier.
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11-25-2024, 02:51 PM
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11-25-2024, 03:46 PM
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There have been a few threads here about the HoF. It seems there's quite a list of folks who should be "no brainer" in but aren't, and a like list of fellows that are in that somehow slipped through the cracks. That's one problem. Another is that the only folks that truly care about the baseball HoF are old fogies like me. And even I have lost interest due to the problematic lists stated above. The more youthful members of society don't give a hoot about who's in, what's displayed, or anything else about it. Self-stated positivity aside, it appears to be losing real relevance. Again, maybe I'm wrong, but the NFL seems to be taking a better approach by making their history and enshrinements seem more appealing and interesting to their youthful fan base.
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We formed a little league team of 13 year olds (think bad news bears) and took them to the Field of Dreams week long tournament in Cooperstown. Hands down was the most incredible father/son experience one could have. Staying on the Lake for a week, meandering around town, hanging at Doubleday field, the Hall was the cherry on top.
We came from California landed in Boston, caught a Red Sox game, rented a motor home and drove to Cooperstown, had many amazing experiences along the way. Not enough to keep the Hall in business but I wouldn't trade that memory for anything.
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11-26-2024, 07:37 PM
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Perhaps someone could explain the reason there's such a disconnect between MLB and the HOF. MLB just seems so very CHEAP. There should be rules in place that require teams to take better care of the players that are moving up through their farm system. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be occurring on the scale it should be happening. The next statement will be viewed as sacrilege - If MLB doesn't provide support, then why can't the BB HOF auction some of it's extra memorabilia to create an account that grows and results in an account so that further fund raising would not be necessary. They can't display everything they have now, so why not? Ultimately, what would be nice is if MLB, the Player's Union or other entities related to baseball would pitch in and provide support. As mentioned in the quoted post, perhaps interest is waning. 
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