National Baseball Hall of Fame

Emettt Ashford was the first black umpire to officiate a Major League baseball game.

You know spring is on the horizon when people begin discussing the return of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Classic at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.

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

Yesterday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which happily resides just over an hour from the center of the Capital Region, announced six new players that will be added to the Hall in 2022. Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso and Tony Oliva were elected by the Golden Days Era Committee, and Bud Fowler and Buck O’Neil were chosen by the Early Baseball Era Committee according to mlb.com. The class will be part of the July 24th induction ceremony in Cooperstown next 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.

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.