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Article: REP. HINCHEY CALLS ON MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO KEEP ANNUAL HALL OF FAME GAME IN COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 17, 2008
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Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y. (22nd CD), issued the following news release:
Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today called upon Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association to abandon their decision to end the annual Hall of Fame Game that takes place in Cooperstown, NY.
"The Hall of Fame Game has been bringing together baseball fans from all over the country since 1940," wrote Hinchey in a letter sent today to MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and MLB Players Association Executive Director Donald Fehr. "I urge you to reconsider your decision to end the Hall of Fame Game and take an opportunity to remind America why baseball is so important to our identity."
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