GREAT AMERICAN PASTIME.(Brief Article)

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From: Footwear News
Date: 19990802
Author:Boehning, Julie C.

Although the place owes its namesake to The Last of the Mohicans novelist James Fenimore Cooper, Cooperstown is best known for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And in the summer, the quaint Upstate New York town is inundated with tourists paying homage to the all-American sport and teams playing nine innings at Doubleday Field. But the area holds other attractions, including the grand Otesaga Resort, The Farmer's Museum and the picturesque Lake Otsego.

All of these warm-weather activities require no-fuss attire among vacationers and locals and therefore, comfort-casual ...

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