A $1 Million Grant for Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, $5.8 Million Upgrade Coming

State Sen. James Seward brought baseball metaphors and $1 million to the village Monday, with a state Senate grant to seed a $5.8 million upgrade of Doubleday Field in Cooperstown (NY) in time for its 100th anniversary celebration in 2020.  Read more here.   Go to ballpark site here.

Montreal Expos Fans Invade 2017 Hall of Fame Weekend

There were many, many Expos fans in Cooperstown, having come from about five hours away by cars and by bus. They were all together again, rooting for a common cause, and in the process showing a national American audience on television — not to mention current commissioner Rob Manfred — that if MLB should return to Quebec, their arms would be wide open.  Read more here and here.

2016 Cooperstown Can-Am Classic Announced

PRESS RELEASE – The Rockland Boulders, in conjunction with the Sussex County Miners, announced today that the two teams will meet at Doubleday Field in historic Cooperstown, New York for the second annual Cooperstown Can-Am Classic on Tuesday, July 26 at 1:00pm.

Boulders, Jackals to Play in Cooperstown

PRESS RELEASE – For the first time in over six years, professional baseball returns to historic Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, N.Y. when the Rockland Boulders host the New Jersey Jackals on July 17, 2015 for a 2:00 pm start. The first-ever “Cooperstown Can-Am Classic” will see last season’s top two franchises battle it out in the first professional baseball game in Cooperstown since 2009.