National Baseball Hall of Fame

An estimated 35,000 baseball fans attended the 2022 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Clark Sports Center Sunday.

Along Ted Simmons' 21-season hall of fame baseball career, the former catcher had teammates that looked out for him.

There are so many cool baseball events that go on in Cooperstown each summer. The Hall of Fame Classic baseball game played at Doubleday Field is one of them and is a tradition that goes back a few generations. Names like Brooks Robinson, Ozzie Smith, Earl Weaver and Wade Boggs are just a few of the names that have highlighted the games over the years. The Classic was cancelled in 2020, and again last year.

This year's festival, curated by Artistic Director Margaret Parsons and Programmer Joe Katz, features independent documentaries and narrative features and shorts that reflect the theme “Rise”.

Curt Smith, who USA TODAY labels "the authority on baseball broadcasting", leads the charge on preserving the history of the game's storytellers.

Sometimes you meet people that change your life. When you are lucky enough to realize it and keep that person in your life, well, then you have something special. About a month ago, I read an article in the New York Times sports section by freelance writer Alex Coffey. The story was about baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson and J.J. Guinn, the police officer/part-time scout that changed Mr. Henderson's life and kept changing it.

When Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the first ball recently at his beloved Washington Nationals opening game, most people will remember that moment because of how wide his pitch went away from home plate.  Dr. Fauci took it all in good stride and said the first pitch was his "dream come true...

The decision was almost unanimous

Miller is still alive; Simmons passed in 2012

It's a big weekend in Cooperstown.