In the Middlefield case, dairy farmer Jennifer Huntington, owner of Cooperstown Holstein, is appealing the ruling of a state Supreme Court judge in Otsego County upholding the town's drilling ban.
But Adrian Kuzminski, a fracking opponent with the group Sustainable Otsego, said he fears that the test wells Cuomo has been considering would be "a stalking horse" for more drilling.
No matter how you look at it, a strong induction class in 2013 could only help bolster sagging attendance figures and provide the Hall of Fame with additional opportunities for revenue growth and economic stimulation throughout the tiny upstate New York village on Otsego Lake.