Bert Blyleven is starting to believe. In his 13th year on the Hall of Fame ballot, the Dutch pitcher with the neatly groomed beard and big-breaking curveball came within five votes of election to Cooperstown on Wednesday. Five votes! That's close enough to make ...

Cooperstown has a lot more than baseball to offer visitors, especially in the fall, with autumn festivals and colorful foliage along Lake Otsego. The Farmers' Museum hosts an old-fashioned Harvest Festival, Sept. 12-13, with crafts, food and activities, from a dog agility contest to wagon rides through the museum's 19th century village. Later ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Baseball's National Hall of Fame should embrace the standout steroid cheats of the modern day since they would be at home among the rogues and heroes already honored in Cooperstown. So says Zev Chafets, author of the new book "Cooperstown Confidential," a history and analysis of the Mount Olympus of baseball, where on Sunday Rickey Henderson ...

There's a lot about Clay's Park Resort that appeals to Janet Durtschi, including its ongoing effort to get "greener." She and her husband, Donald, have bought seasonal memberships to the northeastern Ohio campground for the past seven years. When there, she enjoys playing miniature golf, dining at Ralphie's restaurant ...