OK, now it's getting exciting. Hot Stove Weekend is right around the corner. Can’t wait to see you all. Here’s some more detailed information for the weekend: ·         The Friday mixer at Upstate Bar and Grill (5418 NY-28, Cooperstown), from 7-9 PM, will be heavy apps and certainly enough for dinner. ·         Saturday presentations will start at 10 AM, at Village Hall, 22 Main St, Cooperstown. ·         Howard Bryant, 10 AM ·         Adam Darowksi, 11 AM ·         Free time

A highlight of this year's Hot Stove Weekend in Cooperstown is Pack Night. From 6-10 PM, we’ll all get together for pizza and beer and Pack Night. So, what is Pack Night? Good question. Created by a group of Chicago friends/SABR members, Pack Night is one of the great inventions in recent hobby history. A small band of pals get together with unopened boxes of baseball card packs, mostly from the 1980’s and 1990’s, and split them equally, trading, sharing, and gabbing about ca

Hot Stove Weekend is back, with an exciting slate of presenters and events. From March 20-22, 2026, you can join baseball experts and fans in Cooperstown for a fundraiser to benefit historic Doubleday Field. Tickets are $125 each, and include: ·         A welcome mixer at Upstate Bar and Grill   on Friday, 7-9 PM. ·         Saturday presentations from 10 AM-3 PM featuring legendary author and sportswriter Howard Bryant, baseball reference and Immaculate Grid’s Adam Darowski,

Ever played on Doubleday Field? Watched a Hall of Fame Game, HOF Classic, or East West game? Wandered over to look at the historic field...

Friends of Doubleday donated $10,000 to the Village of Cooperstown for the Umpire's Room located in the new Fowler Pavilion on the third base side of Doubleday Field. Thank you to all our donors who've helped FOD come back to life! (Article in today's Freemans Journal)

The renovations at Doubleday Field have proceeded, despite the pandemic and a required reduction in workforce. It couldn't look more...