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COOPERSTOWN drian Beltré, Todd Helton, Jim Leyland and Joe Mauer will be celebrated July 19-22 as the eyes of the sports world turn to Cooperstown for baseball’s best weekend. More than 50 Hall of Famers are scheduled to be in Cooperstown to honor the newest members of the game’s most exclusive fraternity. The quartet’s accomplishments filled stat sheets time and again during their big league careers, with scores of INSIDE ► OLA parade honors scottie baker, page 3 ► sqspca golf tourney coming up, page 3 ► locals share thoughts on shooting, page 4 ► lake users: be on the watch for HABs, page 4 ► coop mayor outlines housing plans, page 5 ► t wo exhibits and a lecture, page 9 ► what’s happenin’ calendar of events, page 12 Follow Breaking News On
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awards and honors to tell the tale. Soon, those stories will be told in bronze as the Class of 2024 is formally inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held Sunday, July 21 at 1:30 p.m. on the grounds of the Clark Sports Center, located one mile south of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Leyland was elected by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers, Executives and Umpires in December, and a month later
Beltré, Helton and Mauer earned election via the annual Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote. Beltré played 21 seasons for the Dodgers, Mariners, Red Sox and Rangers, establishing himself as one of the best allaround third basemen in the game’s history with five Gold Glove Awards and four Silver Slugger Awards. Ranking second all-time with 2,759 games played at the hot corner, Beltré totaled 3,166 hits and 477 home runs to become the only regular third baseman
in big league history (among those players who played at least half their games at third base) with at least 3,000 hits and 450 homers. Finishing in the Top 10 of his league’s Most Valuable Player Award voting six times, Beltré hit .300-orbetter seven times, reached the 20-homer mark 12 times and totaled five seasons with at least 100 RBI. Among players whose primary position was third base, Beltré’s career Wins Above Replacement figure of 93.5 ranks third alltime behind Mike Schmidt and
Eddie Mathews. Beltré became the seventh player in history to hit three home runs in a postseason game when he hit three solo shots for the Rangers in Game 4 of the 2011 ALDS vs. the Rays. A four-time All-Star, Beltré is the fifth player born in the Dominican Republic to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Helton played 17 big league seasons—all with the Rockies—and retired as one of only 21 players in history with at least 1,000 games played, a .300 batting average, a .400 Continued on page 11
Gilbertsville Gearing Up for Hullabaloo Number Two By TERESA WINCHESTER GILBERTSVILLE he second annual Hullabaloo will take place on Sunday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Gilbertsville. The one-day event will be held almost exclusively outside this year, with vendors and activities stretching from Marion Avenue (State Route 51) to properties owned by the Village Improvement Society: Post Office Park, the Post Office and the Gilbert Block—all on Commercial Street. Last year’s Hullabaloo organizer, Tracie Martinetti, is again heading up the event, assisted by Olde Stone House Emporium proprietor Kate Banta. “I like doing it for the village. I like living here. It’s a really sweet place and it’s nice to inject some added life into it with the Hullabaloo. It’s good for local businesses,
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A 30-year resident of New York state, Martinetti is originally from Lichfield (Staffordshire), England, where she studied art. From 2008 to 2010 she operated “The Tearoom” in Main Street Nursery, Huntington, Long Island, where she organized activities such as high teas, children’s birthday parties, and baby and wedding showers. She relocated to Gilbertsville in 2021. “I’m a creator of whimsy and a full-time domestic goddess,” she quipped. Approximately 30 vendors will be selling their wares at Hullabaloo, many of them homemade, home-grown or homeproduced. Browsers and shoppers will find Photo by Teresa Winchester foraged mushrooms, eggs, sourdough maple Hullabaloo organizer Tracie Martinetti at Five syrup, blown glass, local cider, jewelry, Kids Bakehouse in Gilbertsville. candles, soaps, fresh vegetables, locally crafters and artists. It’s good for people to grown beef, pottery, crystals, flowers, and have something to do here on a summer more. Vendors paid a fee for set-up. Monies Continued on page 11 Sunday,” said Martinetti.
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