Miscik

Bob Miscik is going from Triple-A to Double-A, and he's happy about it.Miscik, who managed the Rochester Red Wings to a 141-141 record the past two seasons, yesterday was named manager of the Bowie Baysox, the Orioles' Double-A affiliate in the Eastern League.During conversations with the front office throughout the year, Miscik, 36, expressed misgivings about managing at the Triple-A level. He welcomed the move to Bowie and did not view it as a demotion."I think I'm probably better suited as a teacher at that level," Miscik said.

WASHINGTON - The head of the CIA's analytic division told her staff yesterday that she is resigning, becoming the latest high-level departure in a continuing shake-up of the agency's senior ranks by new director Porter J. Goss. Jami A. Miscik told colleagues that her last day as deputy director of intelligence would be Feb. 4, according to an internal CIA e-mail obtained by the Los Angeles Times in which she also indicated that she had been forced out. "Every [CIA director] has a desire to have his own team in place to implement his vision and to offer him counsel," Miscik said in the e-mail.

Bob Miscik, the manager of the Orioles' Double-A affiliate at Bowie, has resigned after more than five years in the farm system."This is not a sudden decision on my part," said Miscik. "It was just too many hotels and bus rides, too many summers away from home."I needed to put a stop to it and get on with my life."Orioles player development director Syd Thrift was en route to Lynchburg, Va., yesterday to watch the Single-A Frederick Keys.He said from his car phone that "I'm really not surprised.

Bob Miscik, the manager of the Orioles' Double-A affiliate at Bowie, has resigned after more than five years in the farm system."This is not a sudden decision on my part," said Miscik. "It was just too many hotels and bus rides, too many summers away from home."I needed to put a stop to it and get on with my life."Orioles player development director Syd Thrift was en route to Lynchburg, Va., yesterday to watch the Single-A Frederick Keys.He said from his car phone that "I'm really not surprised.

CANTON, Ohio -- Jeffrey Hammonds puts a lot of stock in what Bowie Baysox manager Bob Miscik has to say about Hammonds' comeback from last October's knee surgery. And, for now, what Miscik has to say is just what Hammonds wants to hear."He's almost ready," Miscik said. "He's doing everything he needs to do. He came down here to give it [the knee] a good test, and so far he's passed the test."Hammonds is spending time with the Double-A farm team until he is deemed fit to rejoin the Orioles.

After allowing a run on five hits, Orioles left-hander Arthur Rhodes left last night's Rochester Red Wings game in the fifth inning with barely a pitch to spare in what may -- or may not -- have been the last start of his rehabilitation assignment."

WASHINGTON - The head of the CIA's analytic division told her staff yesterday that she is resigning, becoming the latest high-level departure in a continuing shake-up of the agency's senior ranks by new director Porter J. Goss. Jami A. Miscik told colleagues that her last day as deputy director of intelligence would be Feb. 4, according to an internal CIA e-mail obtained by the Los Angeles Times in which she also indicated that she had been forced out. "Every [CIA director] has a desire to have his own team in place to implement his vision and to offer him counsel," Miscik said in the e-mail.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Joe Altobelli, one of the most successful managers the Rochester Red Wings have had, will serve as a part-time instructor for new manager Bob Miscik this season.Altobelli, 60, continues to be the Red Wings general manager. He will assist Miscik during batting practice at home games.The move brings Altobelli back into the Orioles family, from which he was banished in May 1985 when then-owner Edward Bennett Williams called him a "cement head" upon firing him. Two seasons earlier, Altobelli had led the Orioles to the World Series championship.

The Bowie Baysox's roster has undergone almost a 50 percent revision during the past week, and the team is reaping the dividends.Since new players began filtering in from the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings and via trades, the Baysox are looking more like a Double-A contender than an experimental club."

As a youth in San Jose, Calif., Billy Owens idolized Eddie Murray."I followed the Orioles a little bit and Eddie always was the guy," Owens said. "I've watched Eddie since I was 7 or 8. That's why I became a switch-hitter in Little League."I admired his being able to hit from both sides, his quiet nature and his ability to always come through in the clutch. That's what I wanted to be."Owens isn't on Murray's level yet -- not even at Double-A -- but he is taking strides in that direction and Bowie Baysox manager Bob Miscik likes not only his choice of idols, but also Owens' approach to baseball."

As a youth in San Jose, Calif., Billy Owens idolized Eddie Murray."I followed the Orioles a little bit and Eddie always was the guy," Owens said. "I've watched Eddie since I was 7 or 8. That's why I became a switch-hitter in Little League."I admired his being able to hit from both sides, his quiet nature and his ability to always come through in the clutch. That's what I wanted to be."Owens isn't on Murray's level yet -- not even at Double-A -- but he is taking strides in that direction and Bowie Baysox manager Bob Miscik likes not only his choice of idols, but also Owens' approach to baseball."

,TC Bowie Baysox outfielder Kim Bartee is fleet, athletically gifted, bright and articulate, a combination that has him on track toward the major leagues.The kind of blue-chip speed Bartee possesses makes scouts and baseball executives drool because it is one skill that can't be taught.Now all he has to do is get back onto the field after breaking his left hand while attempting a diving catch in late June. He is in rehabilitation at the Orioles' minor-league complex in Florida and is expected back later this month.

CANTON, Ohio -- Jeffrey Hammonds puts a lot of stock in what Bowie Baysox manager Bob Miscik has to say about Hammonds' comeback from last October's knee surgery. And, for now, what Miscik has to say is just what Hammonds wants to hear."He's almost ready," Miscik said. "He's doing everything he needs to do. He came down here to give it [the knee] a good test, and so far he's passed the test."Hammonds is spending time with the Double-A farm team until he is deemed fit to rejoin the Orioles.

The Bowie Baysox's roster has undergone almost a 50 percent revision during the past week, and the team is reaping the dividends.Since new players began filtering in from the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings and via trades, the Baysox are looking more like a Double-A contender than an experimental club."

Harry Berrios already knows that his previous accomplishments don't count in the present.The Orioles' 1994 Minor League Player of the Year had a sensational season while dividing time among Single-A Albany (Ga.), Single-A Frederick and, briefly, Double-A Bowie.His combined statistics included a .342 batting average, 113 runs, 19 home runs, 106 RBIs and 56 stolen bases.Berrios was one homer short of a 20-homer, 100-RBI and 55-steal season -- a plateau no minor-leaguer is known to have reached.

Bob Miscik is going from Triple-A to Double-A, and he's happy about it.Miscik, who managed the Rochester Red Wings to a 141-141 record the past two seasons, yesterday was named manager of the Bowie Baysox, the Orioles' Double-A affiliate in the Eastern League.During conversations with the front office throughout the year, Miscik, 36, expressed misgivings about managing at the Triple-A level. He welcomed the move to Bowie and did not view it as a demotion."I think I'm probably better suited as a teacher at that level," Miscik said.

Harry Berrios already knows that his previous accomplishments don't count in the present.The Orioles' 1994 Minor League Player of the Year had a sensational season while dividing time among Single-A Albany (Ga.), Single-A Frederick and, briefly, Double-A Bowie.His combined statistics included a .342 batting average, 113 runs, 19 home runs, 106 RBIs and 56 stolen bases.Berrios was one homer short of a 20-homer, 100-RBI and 55-steal season -- a plateau no minor-leaguer is known to have reached.

Bielecki stretches out for promotionROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The seventh-inning stretch has a new meaning for Rochester Red Wings pitcher Mike Bielecki.Bielecki, a right-hander from Dundalk, has extended himself into the seventh only once in five Triple-A starts as he continues his comeback from elbow surgery, which was performed last July 31."The only thing I have to prove is that I'm physically capable of starting a game in the big leagues and keeping the team in the game for seven or eight innings," he said.

Foremost was the phenom (Jimmy Haynes), whose promotion to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings last week broke up the Double-A Bowie Baysox's Fab Five starting rotation.Then, there were the local favorite (Annapolis-born Rick Forney), the only left-hander and married member (Vaughn Eshelman) and the pitcher who had his day in Baltimore (Scott Klingenbeck).Conversely, the fifth starter, Brian Sackinsky, was a virtual unknown, a 1992 second-round draft choice who had staggered with the Single-A Frederick Keys in his first season and dropped all the way to Rookie ball.

Bielecki stretches out for promotionROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The seventh-inning stretch has a new meaning for Rochester Red Wings pitcher Mike Bielecki.Bielecki, a right-hander from Dundalk, has extended himself into the seventh only once in five Triple-A starts as he continues his comeback from elbow surgery, which was performed last July 31."The only thing I have to prove is that I'm physically capable of starting a game in the big leagues and keeping the team in the game for seven or eight innings," he said.