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WCDO News — Monday 7-22-19 3 matching stories
2 of yesterday’s 6 inductees into the National Baseball hall
Of Fame, spent time pitching for the New York Yankees.  Mike Mussina pitched 10 years for Baltimore before
coming to New York; he said that he had to be convinced to come to the big city
by then Yankee Manager Joe Torre:

(Mike Mussina NY)

Mariano Rivera spent his entire 18 year career pitching for
the New York Yankees, setting the record for saves by a relief pitcher; he
talked about New York fans in his speech yesterday:

(Mariano Rivera NY)

Mussina & Rivera were inducted into the Baseball Hall Of
Fame with Pitchers the late Roy Halladay & Lee Smith, and Designated hitter
Edgar Martinez & Harold Baines.
Supplies are needed & pets are ready for adoption, at
the Delaware Valley Humane Society in Sidney, Director Erin Insinga and a few
children from Dewitt Drive in Sidney stopped up to visit WCDO this morning,
they raised $100 selling lemonade & donated it to the Shelter.  Erin Insinga told WCDO news where the shelter
is & how to follow what they are doing:

(Erin Insinga 7-22-19)

The full interview with Erin
& the Dewitt Drive children is available on the WCDO Website & WCDO
Facebook page.

6 players were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of
Fame Sunday at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown:

The inductions started with the induction of 2 starting
Pitchers, 1st up was Mike Mussina who played 18 years for the Baltimore Orioles
& The New York Yankees, who won 270 games without putting up some of the
gaudy statistics that other Hall of Famers did:

(Mike Mussina 7-22-19)

The 2nd starting pitcher inducted Sunday was the late Roy
Halladay, who died in a small plane crash in November 2017; on the baseball
field among his achievements, he authored only the 2nd no hitter in post season
baseball, his wife Brandy struggled through the speech, but believed her
husband would have said the following in his speech:

(Brandy Halladay 7-22-19)

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This year, 2 Designated Hitters were inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame, 1st up was Harold Baines, who was known for his quiet
leadership over his lengthy career, he simply followed the advice of his late
Father:

(Harold Baines 7-22-19)

Edgar Martinez played his entire career with the Seattle
Mariners, he was so prolific as a DH, that the Annual Award is named after him;
he said that it was a long wait to get in the Hall Of Fame, but it was worth
it:

(Edgar Martinez 7-22-19)

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The last 2 to give their speeches for induction into the
Baseball Hall Of Fame were two of the greatest “Closers” in baseball
History.

Lee Smith pitched for a number of teams in his career &
when he retired, he had more saves than any one on baseball history, and he
said in life & in baseball, it is important to be dependable &
reliable:

(Lee Smith 7-22-19)

The final speech of the induction ceremony in Cooperstown
Sunday was delivered by New York Yankee Great Mariano Rivera, who joked about
always being “Last”  & thanked
friends, Family, Teammates & even the President of his home country of
Panama for being with him on this big occasion:

(Mariano Rivera 7-22-19)

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Officials estimated that about 55,000 fans attended Sunday’s
Hall of fame Inductions in Cooperstown.
Tickets will also go on sale this morning at 10:00 AM, for
the Off Broadway show "The Office; A Musical Parody" based on the
popular TV sitcom starring Steve Carrell.
Tina Niles of NAC Entertainment explains:

(Tina Niles 7-22-19)

Tickets for "The Office" and the rest of the
Broadway Theater League Shows are available at the Arena Box Office or through
Broadway in Binghamton.com.
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WCDO News — Friday 7-15-16 2 matching stories
The Music of The City of the Hills festival will be held to benefit the Oneonta Soccer Club. the music-festival will be running from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm with Food, vendors, refreshments and the music of Mike Herman, Country Express, Just Throw Money & SUNDOWN at the Wright Soccer Complex in Oneonta.
The Broadway Theater League announced that tickets are on sale for their next season, which starts in December. Tina Niles of NAC Entertainment explains:

(Tina Niles 7-15-16)

More information is also available at 722-1391.
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WCDO News — Tuesday 8-18-15 2 matching stories
Tickets are now on sale for the musical comedy "42nd STREET" at the Forum Theatre Tuesday, October 6 and Wednesday, October 7. Tina Niles of NAC Entertainment comments:

(Tina Niles 8-18-15)

Tickets for 42nd Street are on sale at the Arena Box Office and Ticketmaster. Season Tickets are still on sale at BroadwayinBinghamton.com or by calling The Broadway Theatre League at 772-1391.
Sidney Village Superintendent of Public Works Mike Mercurio announced today that work would begin at 8:30 tomorrow morning on the traffic light at the intersection of Main & River Street in downtown Sidney. Mercurio told WCDO News that the 1962 state installed light stopped working on March 11th, and parts were no longer available.
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The Cooperstown girl’s basketball team won their 1st New York state Class c title in school history last Sunday in Albany, by defeating Northern Adirondack 61-34. The team was welcomed back into town with a Main Street Parade, Lady Hawkeye’s Head Coach Mike Niles comments:

(Mike Niles 3-24-15)

Cooperstown graduates only 1 senior from this year's team that finished with a record of 25-1. The full interview of Coach Niles with WCDO Sports Director Nate Lull can be heard at WCDOSPORTS.COM.
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