In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York, on the 100th anniversary of the day Abner Doubleday supposedly invented the sport.

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The recently filed tax return for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum became public knowledge a few days ago and it provided readers with the sobering realities of debt and low attendance.

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"Those empowered to help the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum document the history of the game failed to recognize the contributions of several Hall of Fame-worthy players, " players' union chief Michael Weiner said.

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Therefore, it is the responsibility of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to chronicle and educate its visitors on a generation that included ball players that had succumbed to the temptations of performance enhancing substances.

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"I think people confuse the Hall of Fame and Museum with getting a plaque from the Baseball Writers (Association) of America, " he wrote.

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