For one weekend each summer, the quiet, sleepy village of Cooperstown, N.Y., becomes the bustling center of the baseball world, welcoming tens of thousands to celebrate the sport’s history with theBaseball Hall of Fame inductions. This weekend, theHall opens its doors to welcome a four-pe...
Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony FactsBrown, Daniel
The Hall of Fame has held an Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown every year since 1961. An Induction Ceremony was not held in 1950, 1958 and 1960 after voting resulted in no new electees, while no elections were held in 1940, 1941 and 1943. In 1942, Rogers Hornsby was elected but an Indu...
representing Buck O'Neil, and Sharon Minoso, representing Minnie Minoso, pose for a photograph with (top row from left) Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch, representing Bud Fowler, inductees Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva and David Ortiz after the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sp...
The Baseball Writers' Association of America can be a stingy bunch. Though we saw 22 BBWAA-selected Hall of Famers from 2014-20, large classes are still relatively rare when looking at the history of a polling process that dates back to 1936. Quite a few
Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and the rest of this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame class will have to wait another year for their big moment at Cooperstown. The Hall of Fame announced Wednesday that it has canceled the July 26 induction ceremony because of thecoronaviruspandemic. ...
Several years later on 12 June of 2009 professional baseball held its first official Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony during which time Ruth delivered the speech above. [Source: Baseball Hall of Fame (online)] Also in this database: Babe Ruth's Farewell to Baseball Speech...
On the eve of his induction, Jackson said he has not been sleeping much as he tries to decide how all of this fits into his acceptance speech today. He arranged for two private planes to bring in family and friends and has written 100 invitations. ...
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Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech "Respect the game above all else" delivered 31 July 2005, Cooperstown, NY [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] What a beautiful day this is! I stand here today before you humbled and a grateful baseball player. I ...