Baseball Hall of Fame

It’s a dream that could only come true in Cooperstown: The chance to stand on the diamond with Hall of Famers and talk baseball. The Wizard will once again make it happen during Hall of Fame Weekend. Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, 2002 Hall of Fame inductee and the Education Ambassador for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, will host PLAY Ball with Ozzie Smith 8-11 a.m. Friday in Coopersto

In less than four weeks, the largest gathering of Hall of Famers anywhere in the baseball world will be at the annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

In honor of turning 74 years old Wednesday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a special 75th anniversary logo that will be used to commemorate the organization’s diamond year and anniversary. Also in 2014, Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins will be issued by the U.S. Mint and available for purchase to honor this historic anniversary in American culture.

The 25th annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, co-sponsored by SUNY Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, will meet Wednesday-Friday.

For the second time in three years, a green summer will turn orange with Giants fans as the World Series trophy visits the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.

Ninety-seven percent of the American public believes that negative health effects exist from using steroids, yet only nineteen percent believe that steroid use is a big problem among high school students, according to a groundbreaking national study announced Thursday in New York City.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will honor the longtime connection between baseball and America’s military during Memorial Day Weekend as part of the fifth annual Hall of Fame Classic. As part of that tribute, the Hall of Fame and the village of Cooperstown will host the “Wall That Heals,” a 250-foot replica of the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum opens its new Diamond Mines exhibit this weekend, which is dedicated to the labor of baseball scouts. With some of the game’s top talent-finders in attendance for the festivities, museum visitors will have a chance to experience those stories first hand at a special Voices of the Game event.

The village of Cooperstown will honor native son, Bud Fowler, with the naming of the entrance into Doubleday Field as "Fowler Way" and with the installation of a permanent plaque in the brick wall of the first base bleachers.

COOPERSTOWN, NY – Several artifacts featured in the new motion picture release ‘42’ have arrived in Cooperstown at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and will be featured in a new exhibit to open in July to pay tribute to the film’s portrayal of Jackie Robinson in breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947.