[Vision2020] email from Baseball HOF President Dale Petroskey

[Garrett Clevenger]

I received a reply from Dale Petroskey regarding the cancellation of Bull 
Durham.  Read below if interested.

Garrett Clevenger

http://www.icehouse.net/garrett

"What are we doing to our Home?!:("


From : 
Baseball Hall of Fame <reply@baseballhalloffame.org> 	 
Subject : 
Letter from Hall of Fame president 	 
Date : 
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 16:29:47 -0400

April 24, 2003
 
 
Dear Friend:
 
          We have received thousands of letters, e-mails, and phone calls 
about the cancellation of the Bull Durham events scheduled for April 26-27.  
Thank you for sharing your feelings with us.
 
          The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a very special 
place - a national treasure - and my responsibility is to protect it.  
Politics has no place in The Hall of Fame.  There was a chance of politics 
being injected into The Hall during these sensitive times, and I made a 
decision to not take that chance.  But I inadvertently did exactly what I 
was trying to avoid.  With the advantage of hindsight, it is clear I should 
have handled the matter differently.
 
          I am sorry I didn't pick up the phone to have a discussion with 
Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon rather than sending them a letter. 
 
          We are so lucky to have Baseball - a game that unites us as 
Americans.  The events of the past week show us all that The Game burns 
brighter than ever and continues to stir passions in many people. 
 
          Our wish is that every American will visit Cooperstown and join us 
in celebrating Baseball, our national pastime and the greatest game of all.
 
My Best Wishes,
 
 
Dale Petroskey
President

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