Cooperstown

He recalled a recent trip to New York City with Cooperstown Graduate Program students to visit the array of historical institutions that helped him maintain faith in the industry.

Players who received votes from 75% or more of those surveyed from the Baseball Writers’ Assn. of America will be inducted at Cooperstown on July 27.

If it was up to John, however, he’d like to see himself and his former teammate enshrined in Cooperstown come Sunday.

Candidates must get 75% of the vote from a committee appointed by the Hall, with any winners announced Dec. 8 and inducted into Cooperstown next July.

But first, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum got a haul, coming away with enough Dodgers artifacts to outfit what promises to be a cool display in Cooperstown.