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    *UPDATED FIRST POST* ChopCountry Cooperstown Plans for July 27th, 2014.

    Update 6/23/'14.

    I need to know who still plans on attending. Plan is to have dinner in Cooperstown or Albany on the Saturday before the Sunday ceremonies. The sooner I can get a head count, the sooner I can call a restaurant and reserve some tables for us.

    So far we have:

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    Another user (GlavineBraves47) and I have decided to make the trip to Cooperstown this year. He's in Boston and I'll meet him there and we'll make the pilgrimage from there.

    Is anyone else potentially making plans to go up to see Glav, Maddux, and Cox get inducted?

    Perhaps if enough of us from here go, we can get a little cheer section and I can get us some t-shirts.

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    Since I'm living in NY now, I really should make the pilgrimage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Since I'm living in NY now, I really should make the pilgrimage.
    Not everyday one of your favorite managers and two of your favorite pitchers/players get inducted in the same year.

    We may not have this happen for another 20 years when Heyward, Simmons, and Fredi get elected together.
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    I think it will be a special year in more ways than one for Braves fans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    I think it will be a special year in more ways than one for Braves fans.
    Forever Fredi


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    i will be there

    had plans to go the day Maddux retired

    still have them.

    i don't need a shirt

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    I'll be heading up with my family sometime this year. I want to see the plaques so if they go early I may make a special trip. It's a long one, 5 hours from where I am now. So I don't think I could pull it as a day trip. 10 hours of driving is a little much.

    Also damn son, driving to boston to go to cooperstown? Are you staying over in Boston?
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    How can I get in? How can I get tickets to the event, are they expensive?

    Man it would be a treat to see my favorite pitcher ever Maddux get inducted, along with an all te great brave in tommy, and in my opinion the best manager ever in bobby. Just be fantastic along with seeing the HOF.

    It would be nice to reminisce with a bunch of Braves fans, as well as hearing Maddog telling stories.

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    I think the ceremony is free since it's on an open field, but tickets to the museum, not sure how much it costs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KeithLockhart View Post
    I think the ceremony is free since it's on an open field, but tickets to the museum, not sure how much it costs.
    Museum is normally 20 bucks for a person, but they have discounts if you're a member of AAA, Active or retired military, member of a veterans organization, or a senior.
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    yeah, ceremony is free

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    Even if I can't make it I want a shirt!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gilesfan View Post
    Because of mutual acquaintances, Ive met Bobby Cox a couple times and hes given me his tickets before (well, he gave me Hank Aarons). Obviously a big fan before, but even bigger after meeting him. Glavine was my Moms favorite player and she met him several times. I still have a lot of crap she collected from him. This might be a must do trip for me for sentimental reasons. I wish Chipper was in this class, would have been even cooler.
    Might be a good idea to save up vacation time for Bryce Harper's induction.

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    I'm really tempted to go, but it is over 550 miles from me. That kind of distance I tend to reserve for vacation, not a couple days excursion. If I did this, I would probably not make it to Atlanta this year, since that's about the same distance (Atlanta is about 580 miles away).

    I definitely want to go at some point but just not sure when. Smoltz was by far my favorite of the Big Three, but this is a unique situation with 2 out of the 3 going in plus Bobby. I've never even seen anyone inducted into the Braves' HOF, so I can't eliminate options that way. Decisions, decisions.

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    It is tempting.

    Where do fans usually stay? There are like 6 hotels near Cooperstown.

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    Since I'm living in NYC and it's a 3 and a half hour car ride from there, don't have much excuse except needing to rent a car (people living in Manhattan don't drive lol).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    It is tempting.

    Where do fans usually stay? There are like 6 hotels near Cooperstown.
    Just branch out a little more. It's not a nice hotel, but there's a Motel (they call it an inn, but it's a Motel) that's pretty cheap and not a far drive from town, downside to that will be finding parking. Unfortunately since they announce these things so far in advance, finding a hotel will suck I'm sure. But if worst comes to worst I'm sure there there places in Utica, Oneonta, or on of the other surrounding towns that would be like a 20 mile drive to Cooperstown.
    Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    Might be a good idea to save up vacation time for Bryce Harper's induction.
    Got plenty of years to worry about that.

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    I'll be there

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    I'll ask some of my friends if they'd want to go. I'll be a maybe.

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