April 05, 1998|By Pat O'Malley | Pat O'Malley,SUN STAFF
"The big difference is that they have more diversions today," said Montgomery. "When I first started, the biggest thing for the kids on a given day would be baseball practice; that's not so anymore. They used to all pile into one car after practice. Now you look at the parking lot and they all have their own cars, good cars."
Through it all, Old Mill's baseball team has been a constant. That hasn't changed.
Montgomery file
Old Mill baseball coach Mel Montgomery's teams have won 298 of 401 games in his career, a .743 winning percentage. Year by year:
Year .. ..Record .. .. ..Year .. ... ..Record
1979 .. .. 6-10 .. .. .. 1989 .. .. .. . 20-1
1980 .. .. 20-2 .. .. .. 1990 .. .. .. . 19-4
1981 .. .. 13-6 .. .. .. 1991 .. .. .. . 15-7
1982 .. .. 16-3 .. .. .. 1992 .. .. .. . 13-7
1983 .. .. 11-7 .. .. .. 1993 .. .. .. . 14-6
1984 .. .. 21-3 .. .. .. 1994 .. .. .. . 16-6
1985 .. .. 20-3 .. .. .. 1995 .. .. .. . 12-6
1986 .. .. 8-12 .. .. .. 1996 .. .. .. . 19-4
1987 .. .. 13-7 .. .. .. 1997 .. .. .. . 21-3
1988 .. .. 15-5 .. .. .. 1998 .. .. .. . *6-1
* Through April 3
State championships: 1980, 1989
Region championships: 1980, 1984-85, 1989-90
Anne Arundel County championships: 1981-82, 1985, 1988-91, 1993, 1996-97
Anne Arundel's elite baseball coaches
Coach .. .. .. ..School(s)/tenure .. .. ..1998 .. .. .Career .. .. .Pct.
Bernie Walter ... Arundel 1974-98 .. .. .. 4-3 .. .. 411-116.. .. . .780
Jim Pitt .. .. .. Annapolis (1970-73),
.. .. .. .. .. .. Severna Park (1974-98) . 6-1 .. .. 360-210.. .. . .632
Harry Lentz* .. ..Northeast (1966-95) .. ...-- .. .. 349-200.. .. . .636
Mel Montgomery ...Old Mill (1979-98) .. .. 6-1 .. .. 298-103.. .. . .743
* Deceased
Pub Date: 4/05/98