| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | William J. Baskin | This is part of Cooperstown history! Please keep the Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown!!! |
| 2 | DAVID SOUTHERN | |
| 3 | Steve Bieritz | The decision to cancel this long time favorite game amongst fans is a mistake. Please reconsider for all concerned. |
| 4 | Shane Newell | When MLB begins to forget the traditions of baseball, the fans will forget MLB. Save Baseball Hall of Fame Game! |
| 5 | Chris Demlin | A number of years ago, the hall of fame game was on the same day, as the baseball induction ceremonys. I wish someone could put the word out, and maybe we could have the game on the same day again as the ceremonys. It would bring more people to both events on the same day.
Iam a local business owner and having the hall of fame game on the same day, did very well for my business.
Sincerely, Chris Demlin |
| 6 | Jason Bernhardt | Please don't take away the annual Hall of Fame game in Cooperstown!!! |
| 7 | Kathleen M. Fouquet | |
| 8 | SUE BURKE | Please save the Hall of Fame Game. |
| 9 | Linda Doyle | |
| 10 | Bruce P Frassinelli | As Teyve said in ``Fiddler on the Roof," Tradition.Traditions need to be observed, especially when it comes to one such as this. |
| 11 | Lauren Groff | |
| 12 | Gita Kevlin-Jackson | |
| 13 | Drew Rossman | It is simply a shame that this tradition cannot be continued.
It is a scheduling problem? Well it should be worked out and those who participate should be HONORED to ALTER their SCHEDULES. |
| 14 | Anonymous | |
| 15 | Anonymous | |
| 16 | Colleen M. Ryan | |
| 17 | Nicholas Coccoma | |
| 18 | Hugh MacDougall | As the Official Historian of the Village of Cooperstown I hope that this game can be saved -- it has become an important part of Cooperstown tradition. |
| 19 | Psalm Wyckoff | just another example of how MLB doesn't care about the fans |
| 20 | David Perazone | Definitely save the game! Not just a tradition but an institution. Got to save the game! |
| 21 | Jill Robinson | |
| 22 | David Clinton | |
| 23 | Kelly Hendershot | |
| 24 | Lynskey | |
| 25 | Sally A. Barlow | The Hall of Fame is a tradition in Upstate New York. Please reconsider your decision to cancel the game and reinstate the game. It means so much to the fans. |
| 26 | Sally A. Barlow | The Hall of Fame is a tradition in Upstate New York. Please reconsider your decision to cancel the game and reinstate the game. It means so much to the fans. |
| 27 | Tara Barnwell | Commissioner Selig
This event means tremendous revenue to our community in all aspects--not only is it in the typical "shoulder season", our local businesses benefit in a time that typically is slow tourist wise. BRING THE GAME BACK PLEASE!!! We need it and would appreciate your consideration. |
| 28 | Steven E. Okarski | |
| 29 | Evan Jagels | In light of the controversy surrounding MLB, the league should, more than ever, rest heavily on its tradition. A native of Cooperstown, I would view the cancelation of this event as just one more step away from its humble roots as the nation's pastime. Commissioner Selig, is it your honest intention to elevate the game even further out of grasp of the common American?
Yours,
Evan Jagels
Cooperstown, NY |
| 30 | Pierre Weidemann | This is a time-honored tradition that remembers the fans and gives thanks to the Hall of Fame.... |
| 31 | Kenneth R. Deans Jr. | I was very saddened to learn earlier this week that this year’s annual Baseball Hall of Fame game, held in Cooperstown, NY, will be the last. This is a time-honored tradition that sports fans from around the nation and globe look forward to. In today’s world of sporting events where the average “Fan Cost Index” has topped more than $200 to attend many major league games, the preservation of the Cooperstown Hall of Fame game is more important to the fan base than ever. Where else can a family experience a MLB game offering seats close enough to actually see the players and the game, see the game being played on the historic Double Day field, purchase in stadium lost cost concessions where proceeds go to support local educational activities, and enjoy a pre and post game opportunity to take a tranquil 3 minute stroll through quaint Cooperstown to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum? There is nowhere else! This is a family event designed around the history of what makes baseball so great. It’s important that future generations of children and their families continue to have the opportunity to create what is for many a “once in a lifetime memory” enabled by this long-established occasion. I respectfully urge and request that this decision be reconsidered in an effort to continue preserving history, honoring excellence, and connecting generations. |
| 32 | Kim Jastremski | |
| 33 | Edward Clarke | |
| 34 | Anonymous | Please save the Hall of Fame Game! |
| 35 | WILLIAM DORNBURGH | I WAS IN COOPERSTOWN FOR THE FIRST H of F GAME IN 1939. IT IS A BASEBALL TRADITION THAT MUST BE CONTINUED.
BILL DORNBURGH |
| 36 | John O'Malley | I'm not even much of a baseball fan, but I appreciate the history and tradition of this game. Please keep this tradition in place |
| 37 | Steve Stegman | Why? |
| 38 | Melissa Mahler | This game should not be cancelled as it is a valuable part of the history of baseball and a chance to recognize those that have come before. |
| 39 | Douglas G Geertgens | I understand the logistics of scheduling but I really dont understand that with the expanded schedule that there are not two teams that could find one day during the summer to promote baseball and play the annual HOF game. The players who are making far more in salary that the people who attend the game say they dont want to play on their "day off". There are many here in Cooperstown who would normally have that "day off" but who volunteer so that others may have an enjoyable and memorable experience. For some young people in our area, it might be the only time they ever get to see a major league ball game. I can't believe that asking highly paid players to give a part of one day back to the fans for the good of baseball is asking too much. |
| 40 | Ron Feldstein | |
| 41 | rick | don't mess with history. |
| 42 | Linda Loomis | Traditions matter. Please help save this one. |
| 43 | Bruce Horowitz | Tradition is important to baseball. This game has tradition written all over it. Please save the game. |
| 44 | Sharon Fulmer | |
| 45 | Jackie KOhn | many of my guests enjoyed the game and it is a shame to think it may not happen. |
| 46 | Patricia Crisafulli | Save the tradtion and save the game! No matter what divides us in this great country of ours, traditions such as baseball remind us what we have in common. |
| 47 | patsy smith | I know it's because the field is so small and fans not from major cities...so what??? You all make enough money without this game...just help keep the wonderful traditions of baseball alive and make children and fans happy . We don't need to lose one more tradition of old in this country, do we? |
| 48 | Richard Post | This has been a yearly event that has a long history. It has benifited the village of Cooperstown and local baseball fans. This event should not be allowed to end. |
| 49 | Jennifer Peterson | |
| 50 | DEB BRIDGER | SAVE THE GAME, it is a part of Cooperstown's history. |