The East- West Classic in Cooperstown was held on Saturday at the Baseball Hall of Fame, as a tribute to the Negro League and the League's All-Star game.
The May 25th scheduled East-West All-Star Classic at Cooperstown's Doubleday Field quite possibly could be the most memorable event presented by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Their names remain iconic in New York and throughout Major League Baseball, still, years after brilliantly performing on the playing field. But, does Thurman Munson, Roger Clemens or Alex Rodriquez have a case for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown?
Come December, there's a chance that the late New York Yankees' Owner George Steinbrenner could be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Fred McGriff was surrounded by many friends in Cooperstown this past weekend to celebrate his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
It's one thing to be so good at baseball, that the player is enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. It's another thing, when that same player faced the challenge of serving in the United States military during wartime. The U.S. Navy decided those players were special.