Baseball Teams

Most varsity baseball games and many other sports events scheduled for Monday are being postponed in the area because of the heavy rain over the weekend. At No. 7 C. Milton Wright, baseball coach Joe Stetka said his team's game with Harford County rival No. 8 Patterson Mill is being rescheduled for Tuesday. The same is true at No. 11 Hereford, where the Bulls will now play Dulaney on Tuesday and No. 13 River Hill will be at No. 3 Glenelg tomorrow, as well. Other sports are also being moved.

The Baltimore County baseball coaches released their 2013 picks for top players, coaches and all-county teams earlier this week. The full list is below. 2013 Baltimore County baseball awards Baltimore County Player of the Year: Sam Stark, Towson, senior Baltimore County Pitcher of the Year: Matt Evans, Eastern Tech, senior Baltimore County Offensive Player of the Year: Kris Ewers, Dulaney, senior Divisional Coaches of the Year: Division I -- Rich Hambor, Catonsville; Division II -- Brad Eastham, Towson; Division III -- Brian Powell, Dundalk Sportsmanship Award: Division I -- Hereford; Division II -- Loch Raven; Division III -- Chesapeake-BC All-Baltimore County first team Pitcher: John Klein, Catonsville, junior Pitcher: Matt Evans, Eastern Tech, senior Pitcher: Aidan Miller, Towson, senior Infielder: Kyle Kershner, Towson, senior Infielder: Tyler Silbersack, Franklin, junior Infielder: Sam Stark, Towson, senior Infielder: Kris Ewers, Dulaney, senior Infielder: Tyler Smith, Western Tech, senior Infielder: Jay Patti, Hereford, senior Infielder: Logan Countryman, Loch Raven, senior Infielder: Cody Gwinn, Eastern Tech, junior Outfielder: Ryan Silcott, Franklin, senior Outfielder: Bobby Donald, Dulaney, senior Outfielder: Paul Walter, Eastern Tech, senior Outfielder: Robbie Wheelton, Catonsville,...

Once upon a time, baseball teams chose their uniform colors without hiring design consultants.The Detroit Tigers got a good deal on blue and orange socks, so they wear blue and orange. The Baltimore Orioles wear orange and black, to match the plumage of the bird.Nowadays, however, there's big money to be made in selling caps and jerseys and jackets to fans. If baseball's predictions are right, the National League's two new expansion teams, Denver and Miami, will sell so much merchandise in the next year, the revenue would pay their fees for admission to the league -- before they ever field teams.

By dumping $300,000 in taxpayer funds on Towson University's baseball team, Gov. Martin O'Malley has temporarily solved one problem and created a multitude of others. The frustration that led Mr. O'Malley to intervene is understandable. But his proposal to use a supplemental appropriation to buy the team two more years sets a dangerous precedent while failing to address any of the problems in Towson's athletics department that got the university into the unwelcome position of cutting two men's sports in the first place.

Major-league baseball teams' cash-flow problems stemming from the players' strike can be a boon for collectors.Ball 4 Sports in Jarrettsville specializes in uniforms purchased from major-league teams. Barry Wolfsheimer and Ed Starleper correspond with teams in the off-season, then travel to Florida for spring training, where they buy the uniforms for their inventory. Wolfsheimer says that teams sell 2-year-old uniforms, saving the previous year's for emergencies.This year, teams are calling Ball 4.Shortly after the season was called off, Pittsburgh Pirates equipment manager Roger Wilson called Wolfsheimer, offering to sell him the team's 103 jackets and 200 jerseys.

Any resemblance would be hard for all but the most die-hard Orioles fans to notice. But it's there. The new Aberdeen IronBirds logo, unveiled Monday, was inspired by a furious, bat-wielding Orioles bird mascot introduced after the 1967 season. Billy Ripken, who turned 3 years old that year, remembered it well when he began thinking about refreshing the IronBirds logo. "He was mean-looking," Ripken said. "He had a bat in his hand and a had a little lean forward. " That bird's menacing look combined with inspiration from the recent Iron Man movies - since Ripken and his brother Cal, baseball's ironman, run the team together - form a slick new character that the duo hopes will continue to draw young baseball fans to games.

Three of the Orioles' minor league affiliates have been sold by Comcast-Spectacor. The Maryland Baseball Holding LLC group, headed by Ken Young, president of the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, has purchased the Double-A Bowie Baysox and Single-A Frederick Keys. Seventh Inning Stretch, a California-based company, has purchased the low Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds. Comcast-Spectacor will remain a consultant to the Baysox and Keys, according to company president Peter Luukko. None of the affiliates is expected to change locations.

COCOA, Fla. -- Two hundred miles north of the Orioles' Grapefruit League home in Fort Lauderdale, another baseball team from Maryland is going through the sunny, sweaty paces of spring training. The Mustangs of Bishop McNamara High School, a Catholic school in Forestville, are spending spring break immersed in a rigorous schedule of practices and games against high school teams from other states. They practice for three hours in the morning, play games in the afternoon and work in a batting cage at night, then make an 11 p.m. curfew, sleep for seven or eight hours, get up and do it all over again.

City College's softball and baseball teams each came up with no-hitters yesterday in identical 10-0 victories.Freshman Maren Sautter, in her second varsity start, struck out one and allowed one walk as the softball team (3-0) beat visiting Poly (3-2).Lisa Smith went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Julie Friedman had a two-run triple in the first inning.In the baseball game, junior Pat Mowray had three strikeouts and two walks, as the Knights beat host Mount Carmel. Mowray also had a double and an RBI.

Hal Sparks, a Mount St. Joseph Hall of Fame member who hasn't coached since 1980, will become coach of Northeast's football team. Eagles athletic director Marianne Shultz will make the announcement today. Sparks, 66, replaces Mike Cotham, whose contract was not renewed after seven seasons. "I'm excited to get back, " said Sparks, who has worked in fundraising and real estate the past 27 years after leaving Mount St. Joseph, where he was a coach and physical education teacher. "This is something I've wanted to do, and when I saw that Northeast had an opening, I decided to apply.

Towson University president Maravene Loeschke's defense of cutting the men's soccer and baseball teams was less than honest ("Towson president says cutbacks of baseball, soccer painful but necessary," March 15). Not once did she mention football, a major expense for a university and the real reason for cutting other men's sports. Instead she did a great disservice to her gender by using the smoke screen of Title IX as a factor. Just to mention equality for women's sports implicates Title IX, but she is talking about pennies and this is wrong.

Howard Thomas "Has" Sachs, a retired Crown Cork and Seal manager and a coach, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Feb. 24 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 77 and lived in Pasadena. Born in Baltimore and raised on Sidney Avenue in Westport, he was a 1953 graduate of Southern High School, where he earned varsity letters in baseball, football and basketball. Family said he played on the same team as Al Kaline, a Westport friend who went on to play for the Detroit Tigers and is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Any resemblance would be hard for all but the most die-hard Orioles fans to notice. But it's there. The new Aberdeen IronBirds logo, unveiled Monday, was inspired by a furious, bat-wielding Orioles bird mascot introduced after the 1967 season. Billy Ripken, who turned 3 years old that year, remembered it well when he began thinking about refreshing the IronBirds logo. "He was mean-looking," Ripken said. "He had a bat in his hand and a had a little lean forward. " That bird's menacing look combined with inspiration from the recent Iron Man movies - since Ripken and his brother Cal, baseball's ironman, run the team together - form a slick new character that the duo hopes will continue to draw young baseball fans to games.

Five Carroll County residents, and three others, were recently inducted into the Green Terror Sports Hall of Fame at McDaniel College. The new inductees were formally announced at McDaniel's homecoming game on Nov. 3 against Susquehanna. The Sports Hall of Fame awards are presented to graduates and former athletes who performed as undergraduate athletes and who have contributed to society since leaving the college. Recipients for 2012 are: • John "Jack" Baile, of Westminster, received a bachelor's degree in 1962 and master's in 1973 from then-Western Maryland College.

The opening scene of the movie "Moneyball" is a grainy close-up of Johnny Damon batting for the Oakland Athletics. Damon becomes the movie's pivotal point, a primary example of a player paid more than stats say he is worth. That surprised Loyola University Maryland economics professor Stephen Walters. He used the sort of advanced statistical analysis championed by the film and the book that inspired it to advise then-Boston Red Sox general manager, Dan Duquette, that signing Damon in fact made a great deal of financial sense.

Emmorton Travel Baseball is seeking coaches for the 2013 season. Coaches are needed for 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U and 13U. All interested coaches for the 2013 season are asked to forward resume to Rob Cullison, Travel Coordinator, at  rccullison@verizon.net by 9/24/12. All candidates must submit resume including 2012 travel information. The Forest Hill Storm will be holding tryouts for its 2013 13U team. Tryouts will be held Sunday at noon and Sunday, Sept. 16, at 5 p.m..

I have a story in today's Sun about the shrinking role for sports anchors and information in late TV newscasts in Baltimore. You can read it here . One of the peoeple interviewed in the story is Scott Garceau, longtime anchor at WMAR-TV, who who was let go when the station cut its sports department three years ago. Garceau has successfully transitioned to afternoon drivetime host on WJZ-FM (105.7 TheFan). You can hear him there from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays. We had planned to end the piece in today's paper on what I thought was one of the most intriguing and provocative quotes in the story.

Article sheds light on benefits of fly-fishing Hats off to Candus Thomson for her recent article in the sports section, "Casting away cancer's pain" (July 26). It provided an opportunity for individuals who enjoy all kinds of sports to read about the therapeutic value of fly-fishing and to learn more about the problems related to breast cancer. Recreational fishing is enjoyed by people of all ages and includes blind and mentally and physically handicapped. Recently, I observed a group of senior citizens fishing in three- to four-foot seas on the Chesapeake Bay. Not one complained about arthritis or any other age-related problem.

Orioles Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson, who has been dealing with myriad health issues, was in York, Pa., on Tuesday to attend Roger Clemens' press conference . Robinson, who made his pro debut in York in 1955 before joining the Orioles that season, is part owner of a group that runs four baseball teams in the Atlantic League, including the York Revolution and the Sugar Land Skeeters, for whom Clemens is pitching. Robinson said he is feeling better and expects to attend Thursday's unveiling of Cal Ripken Jr.'s sculpture at Camden Yards.

Brandon Casas, Gilman, senior, pitcher Matt Golczewski, Patterson Mill, senior, pitcher-outfielder Tyler Gorsuch, Perry Hall, senior, pitcher-infielder Andrew Massey, Liberty, senior, pitcher Cody Morris, Reservoir, freshman, pitcher Nick Payne, Mount St. Joseph, senior, catcher Carey Cheek, St. Frances, senior, infielder Jay Patti, Hereford, junior, infielder Conor Reynolds, Loyola, junior, infielder-outfielder ...