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Monday, February 18, 2008

Save the Fame Game

A grassroots campaign by Cooperstown locals to save their summertime tradition:

Don’t allow Major League Baseball to flex its corporate muscle and kill a good thing without even discussing it with the folks that it will affect the most. Besides the economic impact of the decision, for most residents in the broader area of New York state that Cooperstown sits within, the closest Major League city is 4-6 hours away. The Hall of Fame Game is their one opportunity every year to see Major League Baseball without having to break the bank on gas or ticket prices.

Bob Dernier Cri Posted: February 18, 2008 at 04:20 PM | 10 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. McCoy Posted: February 18, 2008 at 05:59 PM (#2693817)
The Hall of Fame Game is their one opportunity every year to see Major League Baseball without having to break the bank on gas or ticket prices

What about the rest of us who have to break the bank to see the HoF?
Move the hall.
   2. flournoy Posted: February 18, 2008 at 06:04 PM (#2693823)
The Hall of Fame game isn't any more a Major League game than a AAA game is anyway.
   3. villageidiom Posted: February 18, 2008 at 06:44 PM (#2693855)
You can pretty much guarantee that if Doubleday Field held 50,000 people -- or if a major American city that was not already a Major League city was the Home of Baseball instead of 2,000-resident, located-in-the-middle-of-upstate-New-York Cooperstown -- this game would be scheduled and played.


Prove it: expand Doubleday to 50,000.

A bunch of the reasons they give to continue the game can be classified as either "Come on, it's always been a massive inconvenience to the teams and players!" or "Discontinuing the game will destroy our economy, which we've unwisely leveraged to the blind generosity of MLB." I'm not sold.
   4. Halofan Posted: February 18, 2008 at 06:46 PM (#2693857)
This is like the hot blonde wanting all of the fat chick's food too.
   5. Belfry Bob Posted: February 18, 2008 at 08:56 PM (#2693982)
This is truly dumb.
   6. The Most Interesting Man In The World Posted: February 18, 2008 at 11:14 PM (#2694112)
Repeat 100 times: A lot of the HOF's charm has to do with where it's located. It is not a tourist trap.

That being said, you would think that the locals would realize that their economy does not depend on but one game a year.
   7. RMc's grumbling has gone far enough Posted: February 19, 2008 at 12:54 AM (#2694173)
I wish they would go back to making it an Old-Timers' Game, featuring the newest inductees.
   8. McCoy Posted: February 19, 2008 at 01:47 PM (#2694489)
repeat 100 time: A lot of a Ford Festiva's value is in its cheapness that doesn't make it a great car.

The Hall of Fame is the Bill Buckner of the musuem world. A nice empty .300 batting average.
   9. Bruce Markusen Posted: February 19, 2008 at 03:11 PM (#2694548)
McCoy, give it a rest. Steve Treder shot down your arguments the last time you complained about the Hall of Fame's remoteness. Now you're taking shots at the quality of the museum. You keep changing the focus of your arguments, hoping that you'll hit on something accurate. Unfortunately for you, most visitors to Cooperstown don't agree with your contentions.

With regard to the sentiment expressed here about the HOF Game's economic value, I haven't read or heard anyone say that the elimination of the game will destroy the Cooperstown economy. But it will hurt. The weekend of the Hall of Fame Game is usually among the biggest here in Cooperstown during the spring and summer. It will have an impact. That's why people are making a grassroots effort to try to keep the game alive. Rather than ridicule them, why not applaud them for trying to do something tangible? God forbid that people become active in a worthy cause, rather than just post chronic complaints on internet boards. It may not matter to the McCoys of the world, but it matters to a lot of people here in central New York.
   10. McCoy Posted: February 19, 2008 at 09:15 PM (#2694981)
Nice, Steve shot down my argument for those who already happen to agree with his/those views. To my eyes he didn't do a damn thing beside say "because"


Unfortunately for you, most visitors to Cooperstown don't agree with your contentions.


Actually that isn't unfortunate for me. My point isn't that nobody likes the Hall in Cooperstown it is that more people could go to and enjoy the Hall if it was in a better location. Saying 300,000 people enjoy the hall and oh yeah some of them like Cooperstown too doesn't mean a thing to me when it is my view that you could get 1 million fans enjoying the hall if it was in a better spot.

The focus of my argument hasn't changed a bit. I think the hall of fame in cooperstown is over-rated. I think the hall itself could be better and I think it should be in different place.


God forbid that people become active in a worthy cause, rather than just post chronic complaints on internet boards


Give it a rest Bruce. Villageidion shot down your arguments already.

I happen to think moving the hall is a worthy cause one that will benefit many. You in your post are basically telling me to shut up, but then in the same post whine about how people are not respecting your communities views and what they think is a worthy cause.
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