AllOTSEGO.life INDUCTION SCRAPBOOK PAGE B-1
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 26-27, 2012
The Hall’s John Odell helps pass out bottled water to Induction attendees.
JOINING in THE FUN Why is this man smiling? With his first Induction Weekend almost over, Cooperstown’s new police chief, Mike Covert, was able to report it was uneventful. In the background is the crowd at the ceremony in the Clark Sports Center fields.
Inductee Barry Larkin looks on proudly as daughter Cymber sings the National Anthem as his Induction got underway. At right Jane Forbes Clark, Hall of Fame chairman, looks on approvingly/MORE INDUCTION CEREMONY PHOTOS, B3
Louis J. Giuliano, a member of the USPS Board of Governors, uses SUNY Oneonta Foundation chair Bill Pietraface’s back to autograph a set of All Stars Forever stamps – depicting Larry Doby, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams – for the retired math professor. The stamps, launched by Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe in the Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater, are the fastest-selling in history/MORE PHOTOS OF DONAHOE’S VISIT, B2
Local attendees at the Legends parade included sisters Joan White, left, Jean Johnson and Jean’s daughter Meghan, visiting home from Texas.
Dr. Travis M. Hodgdon, DO, Bassett Hospital, hoists son Cooper on his shoulder to get a better view of the Legends of Baseball Parade on Main Street Saturday afternoon, which featured Yogi Berra and Willie Mays, as well as inductee Barry Larkin and the late Ron Santo’s family/MORE PARADE PHOTOS, B3
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