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sion,” he said. “It was recovery. Everything was pulverized. You didn’t see desks or phones, just concrete chunks and twisted metal.” And then, hope. “I saw this round object and dusted it off,” he said. “It was a baseball. That FDNY Battalion Chief Vin Mavaro pauses at the baseball came out of the scene of the Twin Towers clean-up, where he Please See MAVARO, B7 spent many weeks after 9/11.
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ifty-four Hall of Famers, from A to Y – Aaron to Yount – are expected to attend the Sunday, July 24, Baseball Hall of Fame Induction of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza. The Induction begins at 1:30 p.m. in the field to the east of the Clark Sports Center, at the end of Susquehanna Avenue. Other immortals attending include Johnny Bench, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Reggie Jackson, Randy Johnson, Tony Perez, Cal Ripken, Brooks Robinson and Joe Torre. ROSE SIGNS: Pete Rose planned to be in the village Wednesday through Induction Day, signing autographs mornings at Safe At Home, 91 Main St. NEW SPIKES: The spikes worn by the Marlins’ Ichiro Suzuki when he stole his 500th career base on April 29 against the Brewers is among the latest additions to Hall of Fame exhibits.
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arly on in his career with the LA Dodgers, Mike Piazza almost walked away from baseball entirely. “I wasn’t having any fun,” he said. “I was struggling to learn catching as a position, and I tried to quit.” Dodgers owner Tommy Lasorda, a friend of Piazza’s father, had selected the young player in the 62nd round of the 1988 Major League Amateur draft, and convinced him to stay. “I apologized,” Piazza said. “And I was glad they convinced me to come back.” At the other end of the scale was his fellow 2016 Hall of Fame inductee, Ken Griffey Jr., who was a first-round draft pick by the Seattle Mariners in 1987. “My dad taught me that things are not just handed to you,” he said. “I know my name got me another look, but I had to do what everybody else did.” After four tries on the Hall of Fame ballot, Piazza received 83 percent of the vote, making him Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal the lowest-drafted player ever to enter the Hall. Jessica Cannata, daughter of Shoeless Joe’s Hall of Shame proprietors Joe and Griffey, elected to the Hall his first time on the ballot, will be the only number-one draft pick in Laura Cannata, shows off some of the Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza offerings, hot the Hall; Reggie Jackson – a second-round draft sellers this weekend at the 66 Main St. shop and all the downtown baseball stores. pick – was closest. pitcher Tom Seaver’s 98.84 percent in 1992. he said. “I discovered I really enjoyed becoming Before Piazza, John Smoltz, a 22nd-round Griffey and Piazza were interviewed in sepaa student of catching.” pick and a 2015 inductee, was the lowest-draft rate conference calls Friday, July 15. And although Griffey’s father, Ken Griffey pick to enter the Hall. As he remembers it, nearly quitting only drove Sr., played for the Cincinnati Reds – including as Griffey received 99.32 percent of the vote, Piazza harder. “I had to prove my worth, prove part of the 1975 and ’76 World Series wins breaking a record previously held by Mets’ that I was serious about doing the best I could,” Please See INDUCTEES, B6
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Facelift At Village Hall Complete By Induction Trustee Lou Allstadt, who has led efforts to renovate Village Hall, said the front of the building will be open again in time for Induction Weekend. Renovations now shift to the east side, he said.
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Bill Rigby, Cooperstown, who operates American Historic Hardware with wife Janet, is restoring the doors’ original hardware and, where necessary, fabricating new pieces.
onna Lucy, an educator from Providence, R.I., with expertise in STEM instruction and individualized learning, will join the Cooperstown Central School District Aug. 1 as junior-senior high school principal. She succeeds Michael Cring, whose resignation was accepted last week by the school board. He is Donna joining ArLucy lington Central School District, near Poughkeepsie, as athletic director. The school board also announced James M. Brophy is joining the district in the newly created position of K-12 director of comprehensive student programs and athletics on an interim basis for the 2016-17 school year. The plan had been to shift Cring from principal to that position. Lucy was the founding principal of Evolutions High School in Providence. Evolutions is based on the Carnegie Design Principles, which emphasize personalPlease See LUCY, B6
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pstate, certainly, has been in economic decline for a halfcentury, (although, if Preet Bharara is ever satisfied, the potentially transformative nanotechnology initiative, which has already transformed the Capital District and offers hope for the Erie Canal region, from Utica to Rochester to Buffalo, may fulfill its vast promise.) That said, there are exceptions, among innovators primarily, who saw opportunity where no one else did. Upstatewide, Tom Golisano immediately comes to mind, whose Paychex, the payroll-processing company, built Hartwick College’s Golisano Hall and sparked Springbrook’s recent $15 million expansion. And locally, we’ve seen the late Walter Rich, farm boy from Franklin, become a multi-millionaire and ensconce himself at Edgewater, Cooperstown’s signature residential property, turning it into Politics Central for the county and
far beyond. It’s said many deals – Foothills and the former Soccer Hall of Fame among them – were hatched on that porch. We’ve seen Hamdi Ulukaya, who turned an abandoned Kraft plant in South Edmeston into billion-dollar Chobani, its rich Greek yogurt turning the white-bread Delaware Otsego’s Walter Rich, Chobani’s Hamdi domestic alternative on its Ulukaya and Dreams Park’s Lou Presutti II show head. fortunes can be made here. • his Delaware Otsego Corp. Hamdi opened a feta facLouis A. Presutti II, into a regional soy-beantory in Johnstown, then the taken suddenly by a heart shipping powerhouse. His yogurt plant, and the rest is attack Wednesday, July 6, big break came on gaining a key chapter in local ecofalls into that category, a control of 30 miles of track nomic history. third of a Rich-UlukayaPresutti loved youth that leads to Perth Amboy, Presutti Troika of Otsego baseball, coaching it for N.J., a line major shippers County accomplishment, if decades. He never forgot across the country needed you will. The beauty of all his father’s remark when three success stories is, they to access New York Port his dad brought him, age 5 didn’t begin with the goal of Authority facilities. or 6, to the Baseball Hall In Hamdi Ulukaya’s making money exclusively, of Fame for the first time: case, it was love of quality but with the love of somecheese. His cheese-making Every boy should have the thing. chance to play baseball in dad visited when the son In Walter Rich’s case, was a grad student at SUNY Cooperstown, to absorb the he loved trains. Right out natural beauty, to connect Albany. Dad loved almost of college, he took over a with simple rural values, everything about the U.S. challenged excursion line to begin understanding But, the cheese was lousy, that was then cut in two by that baseball is more than a the construction of I-88, and he told his son. Inspired game, but a guide to life. used the settlement to parlay by his father’s conclusion, •
In took Lou Presutti – “coach” to the thousands of boys who have attended Cooperstown Dreams Park in the past 20 years – a halfcentury to realize his dream. And, age 55, he took the plunge at some risk. “If we did this and we missed,” he told wife Linda, “I’ll be packing groceries.” She replied, “Don’t worry, let’s do it,” gaining her husband’s undying thanks. As we all know now, Presutti transformed the northern Otsego County economy, Cooperstown tourism and local life, for better and for worse, for 100 days a year. And he achieved substantial wealth as well. The New York Post estimated a few years ago that Dreams Park nets $12 million a year, and when you cipher it out, that’s certainly plausible. It was never about money for Presutti, though, it was about an ethos: hard work, self-respect, discipline. If he deemed a player’s hair too long, he cut it. If a player wore a cap back-
wards or let his shirt tails out, he suspended him. Some parents objected, but most embraced the imposition of a strict regimen in an anything-goes world. Now what? Can Dreams Park survive? Not the 88 acres, the bright lights, the Thursday fireworks, but the Presutti method? That remains to be seen. If someone like Disney buys Dreams Park, Presutti’s yogurt inevitably will evolved back to white bread. It’s said that, in his will, Lou Presutti requires Dreams Park to remain in family hands “in perpetuity.” But forever is a long time. We’ll see what happens. • Incidentally, Tom Golisano is now living in income-tax-free Florida, at least six months and a day a year. Someone was saying the other day that saves him $17,000 a day. A day. If the anything-goes ethos is eating our young men, it seems New York State’s tax code is eating our success stories.
FINDING MEANING IN TRAGEDY Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from three reflections delivered Thursday, July 14, at a Community Candlelight Vigil Thursday, July 14, at Temple Beth El, Oneonta, after four black men and three Dallas police officers had been killed the previous week across the nation. Since, three more officers were felled in Baton Rouge, La.
Oneonta Police Chief Dennis Nayor addresses a Community Candlelight Vigil Thursday, July 14, at Temple Beth El, Oneonta. At left is D.G. Wooden, who sang Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?”
OSTERHOUDT: Love Drives Out Hate By MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT
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e are all here for the same reason, which is to mourn the losses of human life and to unify our collective efforts to improve our world. As we see so frequently, we are living in an age where unspeakable acts of violence are perpetrated upon one another on a daily basis. These acts have become so
numerous that many people have become numb to their occurrences. Some of the more recent examples which have made the headlines include a mother slitting the throats of her own daughters to make her ex-husband suffer; a jealous man pouring gasoline over his ex-girlfriend and lighting her on fire; a woman cutting the unborn fetus out of a pregnant woman’s womb in order to steal her baby; a man luring a Please See NAYOR, A6
s I prepared to speak today, I read some passages by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His words are always relevant, and although I find comfort in reading his words and believe that he knew the way to trying to attain peace, I am saddened that we have to gather here today, to revisit his words. I am saddened because we are gathering not to celebrate, but to again mourn the lives of those lost due to senseless acts of Common Council member Michelle violence. I want to share with you today Osterhoudt delivered the welcome. some of those passages, because the advice and wisdom of Dr. King needs to be heeded “And toughness multiplies toughness… today now more than ever. “In a descending spiral of destruction… From “The Trumpet of Consciousness,” “The chain reaction of evil – 1967: “Hate begetting hate, “Darkness cannot come out of darkness; “Wars producing more wars – “Only light can do that. “Must be broken, “Hate cannot drive out “Or we shall be plunged FOR MORE PHOTOS of Comhate; “Into the dark abyss of munity Candlelight Vigil, type “Only love can do that annihilation” “vigil” in search line at “Hate multiplies hate, I shared this passage be“Violence multiplies Please See www. OTSEGO.com violence OSTERHOUDT, A6
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Public Safety Trumps Parking
James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher
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To the Editor: In a recent editorial “Public Streets Belong To Public. Don’t They?” it was suggested that, by allowing residents to paint the curbs yellow adjacent to their driveways, the village is somehow transferring public property to private property owners. Exactly how that conclusion was reached is puzzling at best. It is quite clear that the village is attempting to give some relief to those residents who find themselves dealing with huge safety issues when parked cars are often right up to the edge of their driveways, and sometimes even partially blocking their driveways. Those village residents who do not have parking on their side of the street no doubt have no idea as to just what the problem is. Thus for those
who think the village is giving up public property, perhaps a trip is in order so that someone who does not understand the problem can experience the problem first hand with a trip any Monday through Friday to Upper Pioneer Street when the east side of the street is typically parked full. If that is the case, it is possible, by pulling into the driveway at 105 Pioneer St. and then backing out onto Pioneer Street, to experience what amounts to backing out onto a public street with no ability whatsoever to see if there is traffic coming from either direction. By doing so, it should become obvious that public safety on the streets trumps parking on the streets every time. CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTH Cooperstown
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he excitement builds up more and more per mile. The hills just take more time to get there We turn the corner down the long and curved enchanted road, waiting to get to the place that has been awaited for so long. The city’s thick breeze behind us, only woods as far as the eye can see. Free of traffic lights and honking, the only noise is the hungry ear concentrating to the birds beautiful songs. soft meaning anxious words waiting to be spilled out. as we make our way deers dodge from the speeding car. the beautiful dark green that haunts these forests. we are gong to a place free from noise and neighbors. free from listening to loud engines sputter out its last breath in the morning. this place breathes out paradise through its nostrils and out its mouth, free from power lines blocking your view of the beautiful sky, We are going to paradise. Patrick is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Kavanagh of Cooperstown
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Portrait of a Farmer – The cultivation of a soul gives health and vigor to the body and purity and tranquility to the mind. The human form attains in the labors of the field its utmost development. The full chest, the muscular and brawny arm, and the toilstrung sinew, are the reward of the husbandman. He preserves with nature all her relations. He everywhere converses with his God. He everywhere contemplates order, economy and peace; and his soul is filled with a delightful harmony. The seasons return with unerring regularity; nothing is in vain; everything progresses toward some end for which it has been designated by the eternal wisdom, and everything attains end, without interference and without confusion, amidst the low but transmitting music of the spheres. July 25, 1816
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150 YEARS AGO
Advertisement: Les Brimmer’s Minstrels! At Bowne Hall, Saturday evening, July 21, 1866. Great Excitement! Immense success of the great band! Pronounced by public acclamation to be the Best Band of Minstrels which has ever visited Cooperstown! Bowne Hall filled to the utmost capacity last Saturday evening by the elite and fashion of Cooperstown. Don’t fail to hear this Great Band of Minstrels with an entire change of performance. Admission 25 cents! July 20, 1866
175 YEARS AGO
Complaints have been made to us from the post offices in New Berlin, Columbus, Sherburne and elsewhere, of delays in receiving this newspaper through the mail; in answer to which we have to say, that the packages for those
tions – so that the fault of delay is not with us, but must rest upon Mr. Granger’s subordinates, who undoubtedly in many instances caused great confusion in the dispatch of bundles, and produced great dissatisfaction in consequence thereof. We do not charge it as the effect of design under the new order of things, (for “better times” were promised in this as in all other respects), but impute it rather to negligence, coupled with ignorance of the geographical lines. July 19, 1841
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Training of Children – It is expected that the offspring of vicious parents, encouraged in evil habits by
both precept and example, will grow up into a life of shame. And, the children whose parents do not belong to the criminal class, but who are left to roam the streets without restraint and to form companionships with the vile, will of necessity gravitate in the same direction. July 23, 1891
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Some 10,000 fans will jam Doubleday Field next Monday afternoon to see the World Champion Minnesota Twins take on the 1964 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th renewal of the Hall of Fame Game. In morning ceremonies in Cooper Park behind the Hall of Fame on Main Street, Ted Williams and Casey Stengel will be formally inducted into the diamond pantheon as members 103 and 104. July 20, 1966
25 YEARS AGO
“Why is Cooperstown so special?” NBC Today Show anchor Faith Daniels asked teen AIDS-victim Henry Nicols in a live broadcast with Henry and his father on the morning of July 19. Young Nicols, a 17-year-old boy scout, contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion. Last March, young Nicols
shared his story with the public and launched his own campaign to inform the general public about the disease and why it threatens everyone’s health. On the Today Show, son and father discussed the decision to “go public” and its ramifications in the community. “We’re proud of the community – we live in an informed community,” the elder Nicols told Daniels. Having shared knowledge that he was an AIDS victim locally, Henry Nicols found acceptance and support in the schools and in the community before the news went national. July 24, 1991
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During the summer of 1999, one week into Dale Petroskey’s rookie season as president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton put his arm around Petroskey and said, “You know, they’ve just handed you the keys to the Vatican.” Seven years later, Petroskey, still holding the keys to baseball’s version of the Vatican, couldn’t agree more. “Cooperstown really is the spiritual home of the game,” Petroskey said. July 14, 2006
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espair is not an option,” wrote a colleague, Harold M. Delhagen. He also said: “Deep change can only take root with honest personal reflection.” Confession and repentance are a part of my faith tradition. And so I stand before you as one (individual) who feels compelled to confess: that I am quick to offer prayers and Facebook postings, but slow to act, slow to contribute in a way that makes a meaningful difference. I confess that I wake up and go through my days ignorant of and insensitive to the way my white privilege impacts others and oblivious to my own complicity in systems of racial violence. I believe each day is a gift, replete with possibility and potential. And so I pray fervently that I – that all – would have the courage and humility to live lightly on this earth; to love even (and especially) when it is difficult to do so; to deepen in the ways of gratitude, of imagination, discernment, wisdom, and compassionate presence; and to see the myriad ways – both great and small – that we can be conduits of healing and instruments of peace for such a time as this. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown.
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(7158) Beautiful 4-BR, 3-bath residence near sports center, hospital, and school. Enticing remodeled home w/scenic views. Den, master BR suite w/Jacuzzi, new kitchen w/hickory cabinets and granite countertop, formal DR, pantry, newer furnace. 2-car garage. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$229,000
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OSTERHOUDT/From A4 cause we are at war – with each other – and we are annihilating ourselves. A month has not even passed since we last came out to remember and mourn those who were killed in Orlando. To honor their memory, we read their names, we prayed and we sang. We joined together in hopes that the violence would stop. But here we are. Again. And the violence continues. We are here to prevent the needless murder of black men. We are here to prevent the needless murder of police officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect us. These lives were all taken too soon and they leave behind families and children – the victims we rarely
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MLS#106746 Cooperstown $239,000 Lovely 3-BR, 2-Bath Home in the Village of Cooperstown Escape the busy tourist season on over ½ acre w/perennial gardens and apple trees, but still walking distance to Main Street. This well maintained home in a quiet area has a spacious kitchen w/newer appliances and abundant cabinet space. Stay cozy with a pellet stove for the winter, or enjoy your covered deck in the warmer months. Oversized garage has room for 4 cars or a workshop. Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405
powers vested in us as police are worthless if we do not have the trust of those we serve supporting our actions. We have all heard examples of officers who have betrayed their badge and who have committed acts which mar the image of the entire profession. Because of the small percentage of officers who have done wrong, the overwhelming majority of us who selflessly perform our duties each and every day must work extra hard to maintain or rebuild that public trust. As police officers we recognize the fact that we have a tremendous platform to do great things in society and although we can not fix all of society’s problems alone, we can certainly be a valuable resource towards achieving that end. I believe that we as a society must start to look past our differences and begin to honestly work towards focusing on our commonalities. Irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, or socioeconomic status, we are all humans and our focus must be towards improving the conditions for all human beings. ...As we go forth in the days, weeks, months, and years to come we must always remember those who have lost their lives and honor them by working together to make our society a safer place in which all people have the same opportunities, to live, raise a family and enjoy all that life has to offer. It is only when this happens, that we can we truly consider ourselves an advanced society. Dennis Nayor is Oneonta police chief.
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political divides between the supporters of each party. As we engage in the fundamentals of public safety, we are also constantly on guard for potential acts of terrorism, while at the same time battling the war on drugs and addressing crimes which are rooted in mental illness. ...The places which we used to think were safe (movie theaters, churches, schools, restaurants, college campuses, malls, etc.) have all been tainted by gun violence. We have witnessed this in Aurora, Colorado; Charleston, South Carolina; Newtown, Connecticut; San Bernardino, California; Orlando, Florida; and most recently, Dallas, Texas. As we in law enforcement don our uniforms each day, we never know when or where that next act of gun violence may occur, nor do we know if a mass shooting incident or a singular attack on one of our lives or the life of a member of the public will occur. The United States of America is defined as one of the most advanced societies on the planet with technologies and scientific achievements that are completely astonishing. If however we cannot find a way to end the deaths and tragic events that are occurring so frequently, then all of our advancements are meaningless. As Sir Robert Peel, the father of modern policing eloquently stated in 1829, “the police are the public and the public are the police.” By this he meant that we as police must work together with the members of our respective communities to not only create public safety, but to continually build trust as well. The
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hear about or even acknowledge. Because we are too busy spewing vitriol at each other. I want to stand here today and say that “things will get better.” But I’m not sure they will. I want to say, “we must try to stop this.” But I don’t know how we can. I want to say “we just need to love our neighbor.” But I’m afraid we have forgotten how. There are no words I can offer you to make it better. But I can offer these additional words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Non-violence is the answer to the cruel political and moral question of our time: “The need for man to overcome oppression and violence “Without resorting to oppression and violence. “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” There is a recurring theme in those two passages I shared with you today. We are here today to remember those who lost their lives, but we also need to be here today for love. It’s the only thing that will get us through this. Love. Michelle Osterhoudt is an Oneonta Common Council member and, representing the NAACP, Oneonta chapter, helped organize the vigil.
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50 MLB Stars Sign Autographs ►Roberto Alomar, 1-2 p.m. Saturday, 10:30-11:30 Sunday, CVS Pharmacy ►Luis Aparicio, TBA Cooperstown Bat Company ►Johnny Bench, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Craig Biggio, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Wade Boggs, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Lou Brock, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Jim Bunning, TBA Tunnicliff Inn ►Rod Carew, TBA Tunnicliff Inn ►Steve Carlton, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Orlando Cepeda, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Andre Dawson, 4:30-6 p.m. Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Safe at Home. TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Lenny Dykstra, 2-5 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Friday, 3-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Paterno Brothers Sports. ►Dennis Eckersley, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Rollie Fingers, 1:30-3 p.m. Friday, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, 10:3011:30 Sunday, CVS Pharmacy. TBA Cooperstown Bat Company ►George Foster, TBA Cooperstown Bat Company ►Whitey Ford, TBA Tunnicliff Inn ►Steve Garvey, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Safe at Home ►Tom Glavine, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Goose Gossage, 2-4 p.m. Friday, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, 10-11 Sunday, CVS Pharmacy ►Rickey Henderson, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Reggie Jackson, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Fergie Jenkins, TBA, FridaySunday, CVS Pharmacy, TBA Cooperstown Bat Company ►Howard Johnson, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, 3-5 p.m. SaturdaySunday Paterno Brothers Sports. ►Randy Johnson, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Cleon Jones, TBA Friday-Sunday, Seventh Inning Stretch
►Al Kaline, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Ed Kranepool, TBA Friday-Sunday, Seventh Inning Stretch ►Barry Larkin, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Tony LaRussa, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Juan Marichal, 2-4 p.m. Friday, Noon-2 p.m. Saturday, 10-11:30 Sunday, CVS Pharmacy ►Pedro Martinez, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Eddie Murray, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Jim Palmer, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Tony Perez, Noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Safe at Home ►Gaylord Perry, TBA Cooperstown Bat Company ►Jim Rice, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Mike Piazza, Noon Monday, Tunnicliff Inn ►Brooks Robinson, TBA Tunnicliff Inn ►Pete Rose, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. FridaySaturday, 10 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Safe at Home ►Ryne Sandberg, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Art Shamsky, TBA Friday-Sunday, Seventh Inning Stretch ►Ozzie Smith, 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Seventh Inning Stretch, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►John Smoltz, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Bruce Sutter, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Ron Swoboda, TBA Friday-Sunday, Seventh Inning Stretch ►Frank Thomas, 2-5 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, 3-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Paterno Brothers Sports. ►Frank Thomas, TBA, Tunnicliff Inn ►Bobby Valentine, 10-12 Sunday, CVS Pharmacy ►Mookie Wilson, 11-1 p.m. Sunday, Seventh Inning Stretch ►Robin Yount, TBA Tunnicliff Inn
WHERE THE STARS ARE SIGNING ►IN COOPERSTOWN: Tunnicliff Inn: 34-36 Main St. Paterno Brothers Sports: 83 Main St. Safe at Home BASEBALL Collectibles: 91 Main St. CVS Pharmacy: 100 Main St. COOPERSTOWN BAT COMPANY: 118 Main St. Seventh Inning Stretch: 137 Main St.
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MLS#106221 $179,900 Best Location in Richfield Totally updated! View of lake! Lots of new: gas furnace, siding, bath, electric. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour1.com
MLS#103476 $154,900 Pristine Condition with Dramatic Views Amazing home on 3.38 acres overlooking stocked pond. Low maintenance, large garage, move-in ready. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#102894 $239,000 Reduced by $20,000 Graceland is perfectly positioned between Cooperstown and Oneonta. Call Donna Schulz @ 607-267-6330 (cell) Virtual tour: https://vimeo.com/169032165
MLS#104570 $49,900 Outrageous Catskill Value! Nearly 20K in renovations. New roof, electric, insulation, windows, doors. 3 BRs, 2 baths. Priced for immediate sale. Call Karin Wolfe @ 917-327-1017 (cell)
MLS#106693 $129,900 Early 20th-century summer home, 40’ right-of-way to Canadarago Lake, w/view of the lake from family room and deck. ¾-acre corner lot, low $1,800 taxes. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#103891 $249,500 Colonial, 35 acres, stream, barn, workshop, garage. 15 acres fenced. Wide plank floors. First-floor master BR. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.leatherstockinghomes.com
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MLS#104145 $185,000 Income-Generating Property in Cooperstown! Currently renting for $1,150 mo. Walk to the lake or to downtown shopping and eateries! Call Donna Schulz @ 607-267-6330 (cell)
MLS#106334 $150,000 Walk to Shop Barn, views, landscaping, screen porch, multi-level deck, LR w/fireplace, DR, family room. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour3.com
MLS#106120 $700,000 Private, 40+ Acres, Views Otsego and Adirondacks. Huge windows, porches/decks. New 2002. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.leatherstockinghomes1.com
MLS#103491 $349,900 Exceptional 4-Season Home on Canadarago Lake Few lake homes have this comfort in/out. Enjoy boating, fishing, snowmobiling or relaxing lakeside. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#103100 $175,000 Stillwater Reserve Incredible price only 15 minutes from Cooperstown. 100 acres w/ponds, meadows, forest overlooking the valley, adorned w/wildlife. Call Donna Schulz @ 607 267-6330 (cell)
MLS#97480 One of the Best Buys in Delaware County! Over 100+ acres at less than $1,150 an acre! Mostly wooded land. Priced to sell immediately! Call Leonard Finkelstein @ 607-201-6805 (cell)
MLS#106563 $179,900 Private! Views! Near Cooperstown, open LR/DR/ kitchen, huge covered deck. Pellet stove in LR, stone fireplace in family room. Lake view on the west. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#104511 $274,500 218’ Lake Frontage Year-round home w/new roof, family room w/pellet stove, LR w/fireplace, eat-in kitchen. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.Canadaragohomes2.com
MLS#104996 $10,500 1.67 acres, assessed well below market value. Beautiful acreage! Cleared land ready for building. Cooperstown schools. Near Cooperstown Village. Call Donna Schulz @ 607-267-6330 (cell)
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SABR FORUM: Writers Brian Kenny (“Ahead of the Curve”) and Erik Sherman (“Kings of Queens”), TCMA Cards founder Mike Aronstein, and historian Bill Himmelman will speak at the annual meeting of the Cliff Kachline SABR chapter at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer St. Fans, visitors welcome.
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Jim Straub has tiled his Johnston Road basement, centerpiece of his memorabilia collection, to look like a diamond.
he “Field of Dreams” in Jim Straub’s basement started with a piece of scrapbook paper. “I bought this piece of base- Straub’s mask was a ball diamond scrapbook paper promotion for Philly at the Cooperstown General Randy Wolfe. Store,” said his wife, Sue. The large tile baseball dia“And I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it mond is the centerpiece of be nice to put a baseball diaPlease See FAN, B3 mond in the basement?’”
MAKING BASEBALL: The Huntington Base Ball Co. will give an on-site baseball-making demonstration 1-5 p.m. Friday, July 22, at Cooperstown Distillery, 11 Railroad Ave. Company founder Bill Peebles will be present.
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Dinner choice $8-$12. Homemade Pie, $2 slice, whole $12. Under the tent of take-out. Cooperstown United Methodist Church, corner Chestnut & Glen Ave., Cooperstown. CRUCIBLE LECTURE – 4 p.m. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, attorney Faith Gay and guest discuss the Salem witch trials, the “Red Scare” that inspired the Arthur Miller play, and other “trial by fire” moments in American history. Includes in-depth history of the Salem trials, mock debate for and against the witches, and performances of works by artists whose work has come under fire. Main stage, Alice Busch Opera Theater, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info, tickets, 18 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, (607) 547-2255. OUTLAWS 5K – 5:30 p.m. start. Oneonta Family YMCA & Oneonta Outlaws 5K. Familyfriendly run through Oneonta’s center city, ending at historic Damaschke Field. Adults $25, kids 10 and under, $15. Dam-
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Athletics at Hartwick College. Free, all welcome. Light refreshments served. Summer Sunday Series, Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta, across from Riverside School. Info, www.swartwilcoxhouse. wordpress.com HONOR LAW ENF. & FIREFIGHTERS – 1 p.m. Free event to honor men and women who keep pus safe. Bounce houses, clown, Binghamton Zoomobile, and pie-eating contest. RSVP for pie-eating contest by Fri., July 22. Robynwood, 43 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6387, Ext. 205., bre@robynwood.com KLEZMER – 7:30 p.m. The Big Galute in Concert. Beloved Klezmer band presents one of the most popular concerts of the season. $15, $12 for Artworks members. Cherry Valley Artworks concert at The Star Theater. Cherry Valley. Info, www.cvartworks.org, (607) 264-3080.
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ART/From B1 Maxfield Parrish and Norman Rockwell. Medcalf, a Minneapolis native, worked for the art department of the Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving in 1940-41, then joined the Navy as a gunner’s mate in 1942 as the U.S. involvement in World War II was beginning. In 1946, he became a resident artist with Brown & Bigelow, then the largest calendar company in the world,
and an innovative one: It paid $10,000 for exclusive rights to Parrish’s “Peaceful Valley,” then a record. “It was an accessible entry point for illustrators trying to get their big break,” said Martin Mahoney, director of collections and exhibitions at the Normal Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. Hoping to get some pointers from his idols Rockwell and Gil Elvgren, another of his heroes – both painted for
B&B – Medcalf introduced himself to them at a company Christmas party. According to “The Great American Pin-Up,” by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, Medcalf was surprised when both men started grilling him about how he imparted such a “glow” to his work. Though he is best known for his pin-ups, Medcalf painted baseball scenes for a series of calendars and playing cards in 1951-53. “It’s a style you’d
know right away,” said Clark. Prior to their location in the foyer to the Hall’s offices, right next to President Jeff Idelson’s quarters, the paintings were displayed throughout the complex. “They moved around the building,” the retired curator said. “When I got there in 1969, some of them were in the entryway, and a few were on the second floor. When the new wing was built, they hung them in the conference room.”
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Medcalf painted for Bigelow & Brown until 1967. And although the calendars were meant to be disposable, his art became popular with baseball collectors, who saved and traded the pictures. “You can still find calendars at auction for $100 or so,” said Dean Faragi, auction director of Robert Edward Auctions in Watchung, N.J. But by the late 1960s, illustrations were becoming less and less popular. “The heyday of these paintings was the 1930s-50s,” said Mahoney. “After that, photography became the primary way.” And while the calendars occasionally show up at auctions – single playing cards fetch
between $5-$10 on eBay – the paintings themselves are far more rare, and fetch a much higher price. “We just sold a 1915 Fletcher Ransom painting of Honus Wagner sliding into home plate for $48,000,” he said. “We’ve never even seen a Medcalf original, but one of those paintings would get tens of thousands of dollars, easily. These paintings are very special.” And why not? “Baseball speaks through generations, class divides, races,” said the Rockwell’s Mahoney. “Everyone remembers playing baseball as a kid, idolizing famous players.”
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FAN/From B1 the basement of their Johnston Road home, which is becoming a showcase of decades of Jim’s baseball memorabilia collecting. “We chose the colors based on what they had at the Grandstand Theatre in the Baseball Hall of Fame,” said Sue. “But it took us three years to decide what we wanted to do with the space!” The couple built the house in 2012 after years of coming up from Sicklerville, N.J., for Induction Weekend and trips to the Baseball Hall of Fame. “We want to make it like a mini-museum,” said Sue. “We’re putting in track lighting, and we’re looking for cabinets like you’d see in a collectibles store and a glass case for the signed baseballs.” There are baseball jerseys and signed bats, cards and baseballs, posters and prints. “I went to my first show in 1989,” Jim said. “One of the players who was supposed to sign didn’t show up, because in the middle of the game the night before, he had been traded to the Padres!” And although the Phillies are his favorite team, he has ephemera from all teams over many years. “I buy whatever suits my fancy,” he said. “I don’t have the kind of things
you get at someplace like Christie’s Auction House. I just go to local shows and get autographs there.” Among the items in his collection are a signed check from Babe Ruth. “I had a friend who had his own memorabilia business, and he knew someone who went to an auction at Babe Ruth’s childhood home,” he said. “He brought back a bunch of checks, so I bought one off him.” With this weekend’s induction of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, Straub has plans to add a few new pieces to his collection. “I got the Piazzasigned bat from the Hall of Fame,” he said. “But Ken Griffey Jr. is superstitious, so he won’t sign them until he’s actually in the Hall, so I’ll get one of those in the fall.” He does, however, have a poster of both Griffey Jr. and Sr., purchased at a show in the 1990s. “I got them both to sign it,” he said. And he’s also planning ahead for future Hall of Famers. “The supermarket by us in New Jersey had a Poweraid display with Ryan Howard on it,” he said. “I asked if I could have it, and I’m hoping that if he gets into the Hall, I can get him to autograph it!”
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22 MAIN/From B3 22 Main renovations, and Rigby, begin to shake their heads as they reflect on what they learned during the renovations. Allstadt learned the 40-foot beam above the columns had rotted. “You could pull chunks out with your hands,” he said, “just like you could at the base of two columns … There was paint over the rot.” Rigby was amazed to find the original brass pivots – the big front doors swung open and shut on them for 120 years – “were all there, embedded in the floor: They just didn’t work.” He replaced the cast iron core, polished the brass, repaired
the footing to lift the doors, and will reinstall them, just like new. The project – a $92,000 contract with National Building & Restoration, Utica, and another $8,000 with American Historic Hardware – began in early May. First, the pillars had to be shored up and repaired, then reset on new bases. The paint, some of it lead, was 1/8th of an inch thick in some of the column fluting. The task proved too challenging to the original contractor, and National Building soon brought in Red Point Builders to complete the job. Allstadt has a list of all the repairs to date at 22
Main, going back more than two years. “Most of it is invisible” – electrical, heating, asbestos removal, insulation, he said. This latest phase, including the addition of smart lettering – V-I-L-L-AG-E H-A-L-L – across the cornice, is visible to all. Next, the east side – the least visible – will be repaired and repainted, with the idea of working around the building. Three years ago, Allstadt had outlined an ambitious plan that included enclosing the Fair Street entrance in glass and adding an elevator there; the restoration architects, Crawford & Stearns, Syracuse, are revisiting those plans, looking for less
expensive options, Allstadt said. But the Village Board is still committed to expanding the building’s mission to accommodate a wide range of community uses. Meanwhile, in his workshop across town, Rigby has been toiling on the entryway to the building designed in 1897 as a YMCA and library by architect Ernest Flagg for Elizabeth Scriven Clark, Jane Forbes Clark’s greatgrandmother. Rigby concluded the main
doors were likely designed by Flagg specifically for the building. He found marks in the base showing the doors had been completed, then crated, then sent here. They are of pine, with 5/8th of an inch of mahogany veneer. They were never varnished, always painted. The hardware had been jerry-rigged over the years. Rigby found two of the inside plates had been removed and used on closet doors elsewhere in the build-
ing; he’s restoring them to their rightful place. The restorer’s first choice was to repair what’s there. In some cases, he was able to find replacement parts in the extensive inventory in his basement. If that failed, he simply fabricated a new part, as the lever in an extension flush bolt that holds a door in place. “This one was broken,” he said, flipping a bright brass lever. “I had to replace it.”
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OBITUARIES Francis Hart May Jr., 99; Fortune 500 VP, WWII Vet COOPERSTOWN – Franthe car in 30 seconds flat. cis Hart May, Jr., 99, a retired Duck and June enjoyed Johns-Mansville executive vice spending time in Hilton Head, president and decorated World S.C. In order to be with family, War II veteran, died at the Clara they eventuWelch Thanksgiving Home on ally made Wednesday, July 13. He was their home in surrounded by his children and Cooperstown grandchildren. on Otsego Francis – better known as Lake. Duck “Duck” – was born in 1917 in was an active Dunkirk, Ind. member of the He graduated from the Cooperstown University of Notre Dame and Rotary Club Harvard Business School prior and served on Francis May the board of to serving as a first lieutenant in the Philippines during World the Friends of War II. Wounded twice during Bassett. the war, he received two Purple He was predeceased by his Hearts and a Bronze Star for parents, Francis and Agheroism under fire. nes, his brothers James and From his first job picking John, and his beloved wife tomatoes for 17 cents a crate, June. He is survived by three Duck built a long and successchildren, Francis May III of ful career in the glass/fiberglass Stephentown, John May of industry. He began as a manCooperstown, and Marcia May ager with Owens-Illinois Glass of Denver; and by daughCo. in 1940 before co-founding ters-in-law Amanda May of Glass Fibers, Inc. in Toledo, Cooperstown and Janet Ivory Ohio. He went on to work for of Stephentown. Additionally, the Johns-Manville Corp. in he has eight grandchildren: New York City and Denver, Abigail Gray, and Eric, John, Colo., for two decades, ultiTodd, James, Caitlin, Katherine mately as director and execuand Elizabeth May. He has five tive vice president for finance. (soon to be six) great-grandDuck was a devoted husband children. Thanks to Duck, to his late wife June Breen May all surviving family members (1915-2004), with whom he know that radar detectors shared a 64-year marriage. He should reside under ball caps was also an avid downhill skier, on one’s dashboard, that one a dedicated fisherman, a frusshould slow the car but never trated golfer, a heckuva clarinet actually stop when visiting a player, and – to his grandchilnational monument, and that dren’s endless amusement – a no personal or professional skilled purveyor of show-stopsetback is so great that it can’t ping rural Indiana aphorisms. be surmounted with the help of He is also remembered as the a long walk. most efficient telephone conJeepers Pete, Duck. We’ll versationalist of all time, and miss the bejeezers out of you. as the proud originator of the In lieu of flowers, please “F.H. May Rush Act,” which consider donations to the has mobilized generations of Thanksgiving Fund of the Clara Mays in varying states of preWelch Thanksgiving Home in paredness out the door and into Cooperstown. versar y Our 125th anni
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OJC Crews From Oneonta Expand Service Countywide SIDEWALKS/From A3 Building. “Students” might not be the best descriptor. Mike McSain, the instructor for OJC’s cement masonry program, said the beauty of projects like these is that they make his students feel more like working people. The OJC cement masonry students pour between 500700 yards of concrete a year in Oneonta, Gilbertsville and on the OJC campus. Last winter, they built 104 bookcases for Tenfold Plus’ “Bookcase for Every Child” program. In a few weeks, they will start on their 31st Habitat for Humanity house. “I’ve always been extremely proud of my students,” said McSain, who has headed the program for the last 18 years. “I just guide them and they do the rest. Construction skills are just one aspect of the training; social skills, work ethic and pride in one’s work are equally important. They have to be self-motivated.” One of the students hard at work on Chestnut Street the other day confirmed that. They operate largely on their own, said Manny Moreno, originally from Sherburne. “We look at each other like a family, helping each other out,” said Moreno, wiping his brow on one of the recent sweltering days. “We’ve all had the same training at the OJC, but some of us already had a background in this line of work, so we can share that experience too. I love it; it’s great to be out here.” Trustee Cindy Falk, who chairs the Village Board’s Streets Committee, said Cooperstown was lucky to contract for OJC’s help. “We’ve been trying to form a partnership with the OJC for a while,” Falk said, where OJC provides the labor and the village provides materials. Brian Clancy, worked the numbers, and discovered three crew members working on sidewalks would cost about $800 a day. “We aren’t saving the money,” said the trustee, since the crew members are still working. “We’re getting $800 worth of labor we can then spend on something else.” The trustees are trying to identify other projects and to seek OJC help in future years. “We’re hoping the partnership becomes a longstanding one,” Falk said. The OJC’s project on Leatherstocking Street, which is near completion, caught the attention of county officials, who have already reached out to the OJC to work on county projects; Milford is planning to follow suit.
“We always have as much work as possible, and everyone has said that they are very hardworking and very polite,” McSain said. “Whenever I start doing some of the work, the students tell me, ‘Hey, what are you doing? We’re supposed to be doing that.’ Every moment is an opportunity to learn.” The work pays notable dividends to the students as well; Moreno said that five students in the crew already have jobs lined up for themselves following the Job Corps training. They have been hired by the Local #780 Cement Mason’s Union in New York City. OJC Chris Kuhn said, “it makes them feel like they’re really helping the community, going out and getting that hands-on experience.” McSain added, “The way it’s done in the book and the way it is done in reality are two different things. Working out here, getting dirty, getting tired- this is the absolute best way.”
CCS Hires Principal From Innovative R.I. High School LUCY/From A3 ized student learning experiences by leveraging technology to allow students to work at their own pace. Prior to working for the Providence Public School District, Lucy worked in New York City schools an assistant principal of science security for 12 years, where she received Congressional recognition for excellence in STEM education. She received a master’s in supervision and administration from Touro College and a bachelor’s from SUNY/ Old Westbury. “Ms. Lucy stood out in the interview process through her engaging personality and presence,” Interim Superintendent Michael K. Virgil said. “She brings some unique experiences to Cooperstown. We look forward to seeing what the future brings to our district under her leadership at the secondary school.” Brophy, a 1972 graduate of Cooperstown, served as a longtime guidance counselor and social studies teacher at
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INDUCTEES/From A1 – Griffey Sr. always encouraged his son to forge his own path. “In the 4th grade talent show, me and some friends sang ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ and imitated some players moves,” he said. “Afterwards, my dad told me, ‘I’m not you and you’re not me.’ I tell my kids the same thing. Kobe’s name is already taken. LeBron and Michael Jordan too. You have to make your own name.” “You don’t have to be the tallest or the fastest,” said Piazza. “You just have to have a tool and refine it. I
got behind the plate, and turned from a slow-footed 1st baseman to a slow-footed catcher. You find your niche.” Piazza played briefly for the Florida Marlins in 1988, but was traded to the Mets five games later. “There were times I thought, ‘What am I doing here?’” he said. “I had to prove my worth.” And prove he did. He helped the Mets to two consecutive playoff appearances in 1999 and 2000, and, during the first game back after the World Trade Center attack on 9/11, hit the home run that beat the
Atlanta Braves. “I still get emotional thinking about it,” he said. “When people come up to me on a plane, at a restaurant or the airport and they want to talk about it, I give them my full attention. They want us to remember it collectively.” Piazza left the Mets in 2005, joining the San Diego Padres and the Oakland A’s until his retirement in 2008. Griffey played for the Mariners from 1989 to 1999, and with the Reds in 2000-08. He played one year with the Chicago White Sox before returning to the Mariners for the 2009-10
tour of the Hall on March 8, Griffey demurred until Induction weekend. “I want to share that moment with my kids,” he said. “Walking through for the first time, as a family, is important for me.”
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To Battalion Chief After 9/11 Baseball A Symbol Of Hope MAVARO/From A1 rubble when nothing else did. To me, it was a symbol of survival. Baseball is the American game.” The baseball, now in the archives of the Baseball Hall of Fame, will be in a display case in the “Baseball After 9/11” exhibit in the Hall of Fame July 22-24, Induction Weekend 2016. Mavaro will speak during the July 23 Awards Presentation at 4:30 p.m. at Doubleday Field. Mavaro, now retired, joined the FDNY in 1979, when he was 23. “I was drifting around Long Island when I got the news that the FDNY was hiring,” he said. “I thought it would be a good fit for me. I applied myself 100 percent to the physical test, and studied for the written test.” He passed, and was placed in Battalion 46 in Elmhurst, Queens. “We weren’t the first responders to Citi Field, but we responded there sometimes,” he said. On Sept. 10, 2001, he was serving as acting deputy chief at a firehouse in Brooklyn. “Battalion Chief Dennis Cross came in to relieve me, and I went home to Massapequa,” he said. But he got a call the next morning that something had hit the World Trade Center and he needed to respond. “I started heading into work, and when I got on the BQE, I saw there was one Tower standing,” he said. “I turned on the radio and heard about the collapse. By the time I got to the site, both Towers were down.” But as a First Responder, Cross died in Tower Two. For the next 48 hours, Mavaro helped with search and recovery. “We normally had three days off a week, but now we had to spend two of those days down at the site,” he said. When he found the baseball, he noticed that there were signatures on it from Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Chase and other companies. “I put it in my pocket and took it home to research it,” he said. The company, TradeWeb, used the baseballs as promo-
tional items. Located on the 51st floor of the North Tower, all of its employees survived the attack. “That made me feel good,” said Mavaro. “In all that death, there were stories of survivors.” He wrote an e-mail to the company: He wanted to
give back the baseball. But TradeWeb insisted he keep it, and one of its employees, who was married to someone at ‘The Today Show,’ booked him on the show in October. The Baseball Hall of Fame got word of his find, and asked if he would consider donating it. “I said ‘of course’,” he replied. “I never wanted it for myself.” The ball toured the nation with the “Baseball in America” exhibit.
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Mavaro, a Mets fan, played on the FDNY league, as well as a senior league that plays up in Cooperstown every few years. His son played at SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Base-
ball World several times, and he coached. “I remember I was home when Mike Piazza hit that dramatic home run,” he said. “At that time, I had been going
between the firehouse, funerals and home, but it was the first time I’d cheered in weeks. It broke the ice. It was something that was fun, and you saw smiles everywhere.”
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