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With tens of thousands of fans expected to make their way to the village from around the world, local businesses like The Factory Store are preparing for their biggest weekend of the year.
Every Baseball Hall of Fame class is comprised of inductees whose path to baseball immortality was fascinating and challenging.
Billy Wagner joining Cooperstown After 10 Years On Ballot
Among them, former Yankees ace CC Sabathia and former Mets closer Billy Wagner, who also appeared in one game for the Binghamton Mets in 2008.
A respectable 3-1 mark against tough competition should provide momentum as they make their pilgrimage to Cooperstown.
There are only a select few relievers who are forever immortalized in Cooperstown, and on Sunday, former New York Mets closer Billy Wagner joins that group. Wag
Every Hall of Fame plaque still begins with the same 15½ inch by 10¾ inch bronze canvas. What goes on them has evolved over generations.
Sabathia told reporters earlier this month that he postponed knee replacement surgery until after the induction ceremony, not wanting to appear in front of the crowd with a noticeable limp. Instead, he’s rolling into Cooperstown the way fans have always known him: banged up and determined.
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