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Current Major Leaguers Urged To Help Save Hall of Fame Game In Cooperstown
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WASHINGTON, DC (May 28, 2008)-- The savethefamegame.com campaign announced today that it has sent a letter to a select group of Major League players on the 30 Major League ballclubs, asking them to please join the effort to save the annual Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, a baseball and American tradition since 1940. Major League Baseball announced its plan to discontinue the annual summer tradition following the 2008 contest between the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs, to be played on June 16 in Cooperstown.

The letter states, in part: "It is clear that many people feel that this decision came about from the players and the Players Association, despite Major League Baseball's public role in the cancellation. For many people, the idea that players wouldn't want to go to Cooperstown -– a place that most, if not all, players aspire to one day be immortalized –- is unfathomable and makes absolutely no sense. And it angers them to think that it's true. ... I'm reaching out to you and to other players in leadership positions because your word carries tremendous weight in this area, and you have the real capacity to stand up for the sport and for the sport's fans."
 

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