Crowd gathering for Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Posted July 30, 2017 7:00 am
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Fans are making their way to the Baseball Hall of Fame inductions outside Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown.
Former stars Tim Raines, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, and Jeff Bagwell, longtime baseball executive John Schuerholz, and former commissioner Bud Selig are being inducted.
Fans are basking in ideal weather conditions under blue skies with a few puffy white clouds. Temperatures are expected to be around 80 degrees.
The ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Afterward, the inductees will answer questions in a brief session and in the evening their plaques will be placed on the wall inside the Plaque Gallery of the Hall of Fame.
In this photo provided by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, former sportswriter Claire Smith speaks from the podium during her induction Saturday, July 29, 2017,to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Smith is the first woman to win the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum via AP)
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Harold McCollum and his wife Nancy McCollum of Houston, Texas wait for the start of the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony to see Jeff Bagwell inducted at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 30, 2017, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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