Cooperstown Show this weekend

[tedzan]

I forgot to mention that Tony Kubek is also being inducted into tht HOF as Sports broadcaster.

A great chance every year to get to meet many great BB players......there will be about 50 HOFer's
in Cooperstown. And, many great BB players that are not in the HOF that you can just meet walking
down Main Street in Cooperstown.

And, do drop in to the VFW building for a nice selection of BB cards, or just Talking BaseBall.


TED Z

[tedzan]

John....looking forward to meeting you.


Some additional bit of news regarding Cooperstown......

For those of you who enjoyed checking-out the vast number of vintage "goodies" in the National Pastime store
on Main St., sorry but it no longer exists.....very sad.

Also, unless they have re-stocked since last year, Mickey's Place no longer has a comprehensive selection of
vintage cards.

The BB card shop next to Doubleday Field is also gone....and, the little Sports store next to the former movie
theatre has sold all its vintage cards.

Times are changing....most likely all this vintage material is on Ebay now.


TED Z

[mikeycook]

Really a shame. Cooperstown should be Mecca for card collectors. Still looking forward to the show, the auction and, of course, the induction.

Not sure which I'm looking forward to more, seeing one of my boyhood idols (Rice) get elected or the possibility that Rickey might repeatedly refer to himself in the third person during his induction speech.

Just hope the rain can hold off for a while.

[Jewish-collector]

If it's a heavy rain that day, do they postpone it ?

[bigtrain]

Every effort is made to hold the festivities outside even in inclement weather.

[mikeycook]

I know there's a big tent for the inductees and dignitaries. Not sure about us regular schmos, though.

[tedzan]

I've been going to Cooperstown on HOF weekend since the early 1980's.

The weather in that area in late July is invariably warm, humid, and late afternoon thunderstorms.
The Good Lord looks over us every HOF Sunday afternoon.....as, only once in the past 26 years it
has rained on the day of the ceremonies.

That was 1991 when Rod Carew, Fergie Jenkins, Tony Lazzeri and Gaylord Perry were inducted.
That year they held the ceremonies in the school gymnasium.


See you there.

TED Z

[baseballfan]

how was he show? i missed the last 2 years but i was there whn ripken got in. that is a great little show i remmeber it back in the early 80's