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Article: REP. ARCURI, SEN. CLINTON CALL ON MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO KEEP HALL OF FAME GAME TRADITION ALIVE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 20, 2008
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The office of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., issued the following news release:
U.S. Representative Michael A. Arcuri (D-Utica) and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) today called on Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association to reverse their decision to no longer participate in the annual National Baseball Hall of Fame Game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY after this season.
"In our effort to accommodate the players we must not forget what has made Major League Baseball the American pastime for over a century - supportive fans from every corner of the country," wrote Arcuri and Clinton in their letter to MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and MLP Players Association ...