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SaveTheFameGame.com Keeps Up Push to Save Hall of Fame Game
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WASHINGTON, DC (June 16, 2008) -- Following today's Hall of Fame Game festivities in Cooperstown, NY, the savethefamegame.com campaign announced that it will continue moving forward with its campaign to urge MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, MLB president Bob Dupuy, MLB Players Association chief Donald Fehr and Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson to reverse the decision to end the annual baseball tradition in Cooperstown after this year.
This 2008 Hall of Fame Game between the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres was canceled due to inclement weather.
"I've always thought that Mother Nature should be the only thing to cancel a Hall of Fame Game, and today that proved to be true," said savethefamegame.com creator Kristian Connolly. "The savethefamegame.com campaign had a tremendous experience in Cooperstown today, and the parade alone was an amazing event. I can't say enough about the thousands of people who showed their support for savethefamegame.com today, and we look forward to building upon that support in the future.
"Even if the game had been played today, the campaign to save the Hall of Fame Game was not ending on June 16, 2008. This was an important day and we were able to accomplish a great deal, but this campaign moves forward and will remain being about ensuring that Major League teams and/or Major League players continue to play a game on Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, as they have since 1940."
The savethefamegame.com campaign was launched earlier this year, following the announcement by Major League Baseball that the 2008 Hall of Fame Game will be the final such game played, ending a tradition that began in 1940. The site allows people the opportunity to send an email to Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, MLB chief operating officer Bob Dupuy, Major League Baseball Players Association head Donald Fehr and Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson, urging them to reinstate the Hall of Fame Game as an annual part of the baseball calendar.
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