COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The National Baseball Hall of Fame, the village of Cooperstown and the local chamber of commerce did their best to put on a memorable show for the 69th and final Hall of Fame Game, but the temperamental weather of Central New York did not cooperate. A series of rain showers and heavy thunderstorms drenched the playing field at Doubleday Field and ultimately washed out the finale, scheduled to be played by the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres, before a single pitch could even be thrown. At 2:37 p.m., more than a half hour after the scheduled game time of 2:00, Hall of Fame manager of museum programming Amanda Pinney announced that "today's game has been canceled" and that full refunds would be given to each of the 9,571 fans in attendance. The rainout brings an official end to the Hall of Fame Game, which was first played in 1940 by the Cubs and the Boston Red Sox, but was to end this year due to conflicts created by the Major League Baseball schedule.
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