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The chance to spend the summer in Cooperstown is every baseball fan’s dream. For college students aspiring to land a once-in-a-lifetime summer experience in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2017 internship program, only a handful of weeks remain before applications are due January 31.

Bill King, whose quarter-of-a-century run as the voice of the Oakland Athletics cemented his status as one of the Bay Area’s iconic voices, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.

Claire Smith was elected the 2017 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Longtime Braves and Royals general manager John Schuerholz and former MLB commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig have been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Today’s Game Era Committee.

This winter at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, fans can experience some of the game’s most telling images.

The spirit of Cooperstown will be on full display this Saturday when Museum visitors and the National Baseball Hall of Fame team up for a day of holiday fun.

Bud Selig’s work as commissioner leads him to Cooperstown’s doorstep.

With 2017 just around the corner, Cooperstown is preparing for another historic summer. And the latest Hall of Fame candidates will soon learn if they are headed to the Hall of Fame.

John Schuerholz entered the world of big league baseball with a letter to a man he did not know.

In virtually all of his managerial stops, Lou Piniella turned struggling teams into pennant contenders.

Two former American League Most Valuable Player Award winners as well as two World Series MVPs are among 19 new candidates on the 2017 Hall of Fame ballot

Statistically, he’s the most consistent power hitter the game has ever known. But Mark McGwire’s story contains so much more than that.

Few pitchers ever competed like Hershiser – who was at his best when the pressure was greatest.

Davey Johnson spent his adult life in baseball, first as a player, then as the second manager in big league history to take four franchises to the postseason.

Eight of the National Pastime’s beloved voices have been named as the finalists for the 2017 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

From his days as a collegiate star at Mississippi State, Will Clark seemed destined for greatness – with a left-handed swing that was revered throughout the game.