The Freemans Journal - Cooperstowns Newspaper Since 1808: savethefamegame.com Increases The Pressure

The Freeman's Journal - Cooperstown's Newspaper Snce 1808

Friday, June 13, 2008

WASHINGTON

With just three days to go until the 2008 Hall of Fame Game, the savethefamegame.com campaign said today more than 175 letters have been e-mailed to MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, MLB president Bob Dupuy, MLB Players Association chief Donald Fehr and Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson in the last 24 hours, all urging them to reverse the decision to end the annual baseball tradition in Cooperstown after this year.
"Following the campaign's first truly national exposure yesterday in Jayson Stark's ESPN.com column, savethefamegame.com has helped facilitate nearly 200 emails in a 24-hour period, all of them expressing opposition to ending a baseball tradition that has existed since 1940," said savethefamegame.com creator Kristian Connolly.
Earlier this week, savethefamegame.com announced that is asking fans in attendance at the final game Monday, June 16, to observe a "moment" of silence throughout the bottom half of the third inning, as an appropriate demonstration of opposition to the decision to end the Hall of Fame Game after this year.

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