2008
TOURNAMENT
SERVICES
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- 24-Hour
medical and first aid
staff.
- 24-Hour
security.
- Free admission
to all
games.
- Free family
and guest
parking.
- On-site
nightly movies and
arcade for teams,
located in Baseball
Village.
- Cooperstown
Dreams Park Clothing
and Souvenir
Shop.
- Group and
family photos are
available at the CDP
Photo
Center.
- Food is
available at all
Cooperstown Dreams
Park concession
stands.
- Chicken
barbecues on
Saturdays and
Thursdays.
- Train ride on
the Scenic &
Historic Cooperstown
& Charlotte
Valley Railroad
provided by the
Leatherstocking
Railway Historical
Society (tickets are
available (for a
nominal cost) in the
Clothing and Souvenir
Shop).
- Free shuttle
bus from Dreams Park
to downtown
Cooperstown.
- Uniform
Laundry service is
provided for teams
and umpires (sign-up
required).
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Find out more about the Scenic &
Historic Cooperstown & Charlotte
Valley Railroad
For more information & a free
brochure you can write the Leatherstocking
Railway Historical Society, PO Box 681,
Oneonta, NY 13820-0681 or call
607-432-2429
Parents and
Guests can ride the train from Cooperstown
Dreams Park to Cooperstown and return.
Weekly Passes are available at the Dreams
Park Clothing & Souvenir Shop for only
$9.00 per week!
Click
here and visit the LRHS Web
Site
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PARENTS
If you or
someone in your family would like to sing
or play "The Star Spangled Banner"
or "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
at the Opening or Closing Ceremonies
please have your Head Coach or Manager
sign the person up upon arrival for your
Team's Registration. Cooperstown Dreams
Park reserves the right to audition
individuals and groups and will
make every effort to accommodate the
requests.
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IMPORTANT
PIN TRADING
INFORMATION
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Pin Trading has become a
tradition for teams, umpires and
parents at Cooperstown Dreams
Park. Many teams have custom-made
lapel pins, while others utilize
pins from their communities that
are provided by sponsors. The
trading of pins provides all
campers an extra opportunity to
interact. Enjoy the fun of pin
trading!
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If you have any
questions please call us at
704-630-0050.
We will be glad to assist
you.
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FREE
or INEXPENSIVE THINGS TO DO IN
COOPERSTOWN
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- Relax by Lake Otsego, the source of
the Susquehanna River. (Free) Enjoy a
picnic lunch in Lake Front Park at the
foot of Pioneer St. Takeout
lunches/snacks/dinners are available at
most local restaurants.
- Watch a baseball game at historic
Doubleday Field. (Free) Games are
scheduled all day long.
- Ride the trolley. ($3.00 adults,
$1.00 kids under 12 - fare is honored
all day)
- Visit local Art Galleries:
Smithy-Pioneer Gallery (Pioneer St.)
and Cooperstown Art Association (Main
Street in the Village Library
building.) (Free)
- Visit the Farmers' Market in
Pioneer Alley behind Key Bank,
Saturdays during the summer & early
fall. (Free)
- Attend the Wednesday Night
Cooperstown Community Band Concert at
the Otesaga Hotel, Lake Street, 8:30
p.m.-9:30 p.m. (July/August)
(Free)
- Tour Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary
(Behind the Opera House on Rte 80).
(Free)
- Visit the breweries: Brewery
Ommegang on River Road and Cooperstown
Brewing Company ($3.00), East Main
Street, Milford.
- Visit the Bear Pond Wines (Rte 28
South) (Free)
- Take self-guided walking tour of
Cooperstown and see area landmarks and
historic homes. Maps available at
Information kiosk & Chamber Office.
(Maps - $0.50 each
- Swim at Three Mile Point (St. Hwy
80 - West Lake Road)-$5.00 per person;
Fairy Springs (Rte 31, East Lake
Rd.)-$5.00 per person; Glimmerglass
State Park (Rte 31, East Lake
Road)-$6.00 per car.
- Rent a fishing pole for $10.00 or a
kayak or canoe for $20.00 at Sam Smiths
Boatyard 607-547-2543.
- Visit Fly Creek Cider Mill (Route
28N to flashing light in Fly Creek,
turn right, follow signs). Open
May-December. 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
daily. (Free)
- Attend an Oneonta Tigers minor
league game.
- Buy a day pass for the Clark Sports
Center. Olympic swimming pool, running
track, racquet ball and basketball
courts, climbing walls, bowling alleys.
Children under 18 must have waiver slip
signed by a parent. Adults $8.00,
Children under 18, $4.00.
- See the fallow deer on Susquehanna
Avenue just before the Clark Sports
Center.
- Free concerts in the park in Sharon
Springs on Wednesdays during July and
August.
- Ride the Scenic & Historic
Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
Railroad. Full week passes are
available (at the Cooperstown Dreams
Park Clothing and Souvenir Shop) for
parents and family members of the
Dreams Park for only $9.00 -
Cooperstown Dreams Park to Cooperstown
and return. You can also enjoy the
relaxing, full 10-mile round trip, one
and a half hour ride up the beautiful
Upper Susquehanna River Valley from
Milford to Cooperstown Dreams Park to
Cooperstown and return. Leatherstocking
Railway Historical Society 607-432-2429
or check out their website at
www.lrhs.com.
This
list is provided by the Cooperstown
Chamber of Commerce and is subject to
change without notice.
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THE
DREAMS PARK
EXPERIENCE
While promoting a high
caliber of play, our goal is to have young
players experience the purity of baseball
as it was meant to be.
- By stepping up to the
plate, regardless of outcome, all
players leave with a sense of pride,
dignity and accomplishment.
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THE
MISSION OF COOPERSTOWN DREAMS
PARK
...
...is to provide a
cultural and life enriching experience for
young boys and girls who love the
game.
- By visiting the Village of
Cooperstown and playing in the
legendary home of baseball.
- By meeting and playing against
their peers from around the country and
the world.
- By reaching within themselves to
fulfill their ultimate dream.
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Just
Imagine ...
Being a part of History!
Each player and coach will be
immortalized by being inducted
into the prestigious American
Youth Baseball Hall of Fame where
they will be enshrined. As a part
of the Cooperstown Dreams Park
experience, your team members
will be awarded the coveted
American Youth Baseball Hall of
Fame ring - like the champions
before them - and granted
membership into this
distinguished baseball club. All
Cooperstown Dreams Park
participants share this great
honor.
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Just
Imagine
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In the town where baseball
began ... your place in history
with baseball's greats. At no
other time in the history of
youth baseball has there ever
been an invitational tournament
quite like Cooperstown Dreams
Park, with its unique baseball
atmosphere ... where baseball
present meets the traditional
values of baseball past. Take a
step back in time ... with
barnstormers of baseball past.
Fields cut from the same pastures
that have given life to the
magical myth of Abner Doubleday.
Teams travel far and wide to play
on these sacred fields.
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Dreams
Really Do Come True
Cooperstown Dreams Park offers
today's youth a chance to fulfill
childhood dreams. We trust you
will agree this is an opportunity
of a lifetime. If you love
baseball and kids, Cooperstown
Dreams Park is the place to be.
It is a must for America's
Youth.
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Parents: If you need
additional information please contact your
Team Contact.
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