Grand day in Cooperstown

For Andre Dawson, Doug Harvey, Whitey Herzog, Bill Madden and John Miller, it was a grand day at the annual Baseball Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies at Cooperstown, NY. Dawson, the lone player being inducted, was a consistent player for 21 seasons. Harvey, a major league umpire for 31 seasons, was one of the best arbiters. Herzog was a crafty field manager for Kansas City and St. Louis, where he led three Cardinal teams to pennants in the 1980’s and won the 1982 World Series in seven games over the Milwaukee Brewers. For over 30 years, Madden has been a baseball reporter and columnist for the NY Daily News. Currently, his biography of late NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is on the shelves and doing well. Miller has been the radio play-by-play voice of several  major league clubs, including the Giants and Orioles and is currently the voice of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. Congratulations one and all. Well deserved.