Cooperstown

[ koo-perz-toun, koop-erz- ]

/ ˈku pərzˌtaʊn, ˈkʊp ərz- /

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noun

a town in central New York: location of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

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How to use Cooperstown in a sentence

She studied the old skis, the way a young slugger might marvel at a Babe Ruth bat in Cooperstown.
Get your kids’ hearts beating by teaching them to cross-country ski|Noah Lederman|January 28, 2022|Popular-Science
He was elected to Cooperstown in his first year on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot, and he was greeted by thousands of Yankees fans wearing No.
Marvin Miller changed baseball. He’s finally enshrined among its greats.|Chelsea Janes|September 8, 2021|Washington Post
Runner-up would be the Toyota Venza that took us to Cooperstown, New York and back in a day.
The best cars, SUVs, and crossovers we drove in 2020|Jonathan M. Gitlin|December 27, 2020|Ars Technica
However, more than 20 players on the ballot this year were probably worthy of being enshrined in Cooperstown.
Conservative Curt Says His Politics, Not His Pitching, Kept Him Out of the Hall of Fame|Ben Jacobs|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.
Conservative Curt Says His Politics, Not His Pitching, Kept Him Out of the Hall of Fame|Ben Jacobs|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I told him I traveled to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown to do research for the novel.
A Ghostwriter Steps Out of the Shadows|Bill Morris|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Can you imagine what the baseball outcry would have been had the writers had him on their ballots for Cooperstown consideration?
Will a Criminal Enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame?|Evan Weiner|February 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In his infancy he was taken to Cooperstown, a spot which his father had just begun to reclaim from the dominion of the wilderness.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862|Various
He found the Clark Estate building in Cooperstown, which he believed was a bank.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge
The main street of Cooperstown traverses the village in a direction generally east and west.
The Story of Cooperstown|Ralph Birdsall
Whether Cooperstown stands upon the site of an old Indian village is a debated question.
The Story of Cooperstown|Ralph Birdsall
Not all the sites of ancient Otesaga, if ancient Otesaga existed, can have been covered by Cooperstown.
The Story of Cooperstown|Ralph Birdsall