Baseball Hall of Fame

As the first reliever to record 300 saves in baseball history, Rollie Fingers was accustomed to closing out victories in his 17-year major league career.

New York Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales will join Jeff Idelson, president of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Wednesday for a visit and tour of the museum in Cooperstown.

Visitors to Cooperstown for the 2013 Induction Weekend, including the Saturday Awards Presentation and the Sunday Induction Ceremony, are advised to utilize several parking and transportation options in an effort to alleviate potential delays and traffic problems. The 2013 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday on the grounds of the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown. Tr

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.