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New Baseball Hall Of Fame President Rawitch Hopes 2022 Will Mark Return To Normal

The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
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The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

It was an unusual summer for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. With no Class of 2021 inductees, the annual induction ceremony honored the Class of 2020, after a long delay, in September instead of the customary July because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Josh Rawitch
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Josh Rawitch

Now, the baseball mecca in upstate New York is looking forward once again. And it’s doing so with a new leader. Josh Rawitch has just taken over as the new president of the Hall following a leadership shakeup there earlier this year.

Rawitch has spent the past decade working for the Arizona Diamondbacks after 15 years in the L.A. Dodgers front office. He becomes the Hall’s eighth president.

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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