[Vision2020] email from Baseball HOF President Dale Petroskey

[Scott Dredge]

Yes, well Mr Petrosky was singing a much different
tune last year about baseball and politics when a
conservative was scheduled to speak.

Excerpt from a January 2002 Press Release from the
Baseball Hall of Fame...

“In his first year Ari Fleischer has had a more
demanding job than any White House Press Secretary in
history” said Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey.
“He has managed to be a candid spokesman for the
President while clearly and simply articulating the
Bush Administration’s goals, both foreign and
domestic. We are thrilled to welcome him to
Cooperstown and hear his perspective on life in the
White House and the current political scene which of
course includes the war on terrorism.”

Full press release at:

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/whats_new/press_releases/2002/pr2002_01_17.htm

--- Garrett Clevenger <onewildearth@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> 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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