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Article: FAME GAME; PHILLIES, DEVIL RAYS MEET MONDAY IN COOPERSTOWN, BUT WILL ANNUAL EXHIBITION EVENTUALLY FEATURE MINOR-LEAGUE TEAMS?(Sports)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2003
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Byline: Matt Michael Staff writer
When the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Devil Rays meet in the annual Hall of Fame Game Monday afternoon at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, it'll be the first time since the game started in 1940 that it won't be played during Hall of Fame induction weekend.
Whether that's a one-year blip or the start of a trend remains to be seen. But if it becomes a trend, the Syracuse SkyChiefs and other International League teams are willing to pinch hit by playing a regular-season game at Doubleday Field during Hall of Fame weekend.
In fact, the SkyChiefs offered to move their July 28 home game against the Rochester ...