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Home Page   Local News   Local Sports   Community Calendar   Opinion   Editorials   Columns   Letters to the Editor   Archives   News Archives   Sports Archives	8-02-2007 Hall sets weekend attendance record Staff Report The National Baseball Hall of Fame shattered its previous four-day Hall of Fame Weekend attendance total, drawing 36,996 fans to the museum Friday through Monday. In addition to the approximately 75,000 who attended Sunday’s induction ceremony, and the record 717,000 fans who went to major league baseball games on Saturday, the game of baseball has never been stronger, said Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey. "What we saw in Cooperstown this weekend is just a microcosm of the game as a whole," Petroskey said. "The success of this weekend was a total community effort. If I had a dime for all the people who told me everyone was wonderful to them and they couldn’t wait to come back, it would add up to a lot of money." The Hall set an all-time one-day record on Saturday with 14,491 visitors, and had their third highest one-day total on Sunday with 9,664 passing through the turnstiles. The only other day in museum history with higher attendance was July 29, 1995, when 9,700 fans passed through the museum during Induction weekend for Mike Schmidt and Richie Ashburn. Petroskey said much of the success of Hall of Fame weekend can be traced to chairman Jane Forbes Clark, and Kim Bennett, who is the year-round coordinator of the museum’s biggest weekend. "Jane’s attention to detail really helps everything run smoothly," Petroskey said. "And Kim handles all details great and small." The 2008 Induction Ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 27.
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