Eddie

Stanley Sindler, the lighthearted Eddie's North Charles Street grocery store greeter whose wit and friendliness along with his trademark "Hey, babe" could win over the most harried shopper, died May 26 of pancreatic cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The longtime Pikesville resident was 72. The son of a store owner and a homemaker, Mr. Sindler was born in Baltimore and raised on Park Heights Avenue. During his teenage years, he lived on Rubin Avenue. In 1956, Mr. Sindler dropped out of City College in the 11th grade and enlisted in the Navy, where he served as a radarman.

Eddie Watt lives in peaceful anonymity, in a speck of a town in Nebraska, where the talk is of crops and cows and Cornhusker football. The Orioles? Not a word. Many in North Bend (pop. 1,200) don't know there's a celebrant in their midst. Mention that Watt, 70, a longtime resident, owns two World Series rings and they'd scratch their heads and say, "Eddie What ?" Watt likes it there. After 42 years in baseball — including eight with the Orioles (1966-73) as a bullpen ace — he retired in 2003 and left the game behind.

There is no summer experience quite like a stop at your favorite roadside stand for Maryland tomatoes and corn. This week, we stopped on Route 16 in Caroline County, a few miles short of Denton, and filled a car. In the four days following, I polished off a whole watermelon. The stop reminded me of the day my brother Eddie decided to set up his own little market on the boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach, Del. It was about 50 years ago, in the days when families spent entire summers at the ocean.

Joe Angel, the radio voice for the Orioles for the past six seasons, confirmed Sunday that he will return to that role for the 2010 campaign. Fred Manfra is also expected to be back as Angel's partner, though the Orioles have yet to make an official announcement. "This is where I want to be," Angel said in a telephone interview. "I've left Baltimore twice and come back twice, so this obviously is where I want to be. I'm ready to go." During the past month, Angel was under consideration for a similar role with the Los Angeles Angels, who are searching for a replacement for the late Rory Markas.

Eddie Griffin is steamed. And it has nothing to do with the angst-ridden reality series he recently starred in on VH1. No, what's got the veteran comic boiling now is Tiger Woods and the tumult surrounding his recent indiscretions, specifically the high-rolling companies that all of a sudden seem to have acquired a conscience. Self-righteousness that smacks of hypocrisy just galls Griffin no end, as those planning to attend his show at the Lyric Opera House in Friday night will hear.

All You Need Is Love" serves as the theme song for Imagine That the way "It Only Takes a Moment" did for Wall-E. When driven financial analyst Evan Danielson (Eddie Murphy) uses it to teach his 7-year-old daughter Olivia (Yara Shahidi) how to carry a tune, the scene sums up what director Karey Kirkpatrick thinks fathers and kids should do together: not act in perfect harmony, but raise a joyful noise. The movie is, in one way, bracingly old-fashioned. Although it pivots on Olivia's private fantasy world, complete with queen, princesses and fire-breathing dragon, this is one family film that abjures special effects.

On January 17, 2009, THOMAS J. SR., beloved husband of Lois C. Zinkhan (nee Marsh); dear father of Lois, Thomas Jr., Eddie and Tammy; loving brother of Frances May (Boo Boo), Eddie, Jimmy and Donal; cherished grand father of Shannon, Josh, Corey, Autumnn and Angel; great-grand father of Luca. Friends may call at the Gonce Funeral Service P.A. 4001 Ritchie Highway on Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Services will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 P.M. Interment private.

Every successful basketball team could use a player like Annapolis senior Eddie Moon. The 6-foot-4 forward works hard in practice and brings positive energy to the game, always coming with a team-first approach that is infectious. In his second year of varsity and first as a starter, Moon is averaging five points and seven rebounds a game to help the Panthers get off to a 5-1 start. While Moon is focused on basketball right now, his true athletic passion is football. He played three years of varsity at linebacker for the Panthers and plans to play in college.

As he's been doing for nearly the past 50 years, Eddie Jacobs opens his own door in downtown Baltimore for another business day. He answers his own phone (the number has not changed in nearly 70 years) and mails his own paperwork. The man who sells suits as they looked in the 1950s is proud of his merchandise's permanence. He believes in classic clothes with good linings, reliable wool fabric and pants with a proper rise. He owns no blue jeans and will not discuss the grunge look. His sales technique is as soft as the shoulders in one of his Southwick suits.

Anthony Cusimano, who worked for much of his life in a produce and food market on Lombard Street, died Nov. 21 of respiratory failure. He was 80. Mr. Cusimano, who was known as Tony, was born in Baltimore in 1928. He left school after the eighth grade to work in his father's store on Corned Beef Row on Lombard Street. Known as Tony's Market, the place sold retail and wholesale produce. During Mr. Cusimano's younger years, Lombard Street was a thriving commercial strip. The market sold goods to many of Baltimore's well-known restaurants, including Sabatino's and Caesar's Den. "Sundays used to be the busiest day of the week," said his son, Fred Cusimano of Bel Air. "It was a huge day."