Tippy Martinez

Joe Orsulak has never been one to draw attention to himself.Many Orioles fans remember him as the workmanlike outfielder who dived after balls and the unheralded hitter who batted nearly .290 year after year, though he was often overlooked during his career.That's one of the reasons Orsulak, 36, relishes his new role as assistant coach at Loyola High School."I'm not in it for the accolades or the publicity," Orsulak said. "For me, the pleasure I gain out of it is to watch someone do something that I taught them, to watch them learn it and perform it and to watch them do well."

Steam and gas enginesTravel backward in time this weekend at the 24th annual Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Engine Show, where you can see colonial crafts, gas and steam engines, sawmills, a Civil War encampment and a parade of antique cars. Witness the antique tractor pull, a horse pull competition and yes, wheat threshing. Visitors can also check out the rural life museum, blacksmithing and a variety of tractors and equipment. For the shoppers, there will be an auction sale and a large flea market, while children can enjoy train rides from yester-year.

Just when you thought the last swash had been buckled, along comes a new saddle on the old war horse. No, that sentence doesn't make much sense, but then neither, really, does "The Horseman on the Roof," although it's still a lot of fun!First surprise: The title isn't ironic or metaphorical. It's literal. It's really about a horseman on a roof! Obviously he can't stay there long, because that would be a pretty dull movie. A fiddler? See, now a fiddler could stay on the roof a long time. You could even make a movie about a fiddler on a roof.

It didn't matter if it were cards, pingpong, tape ball or clubhouse wrestling, Cal Ripken liked to win. So did the handful of holdovers from the team's glory years - Eddie Murray, Mike Flanagan, Scott McGregor, Mike Boddicker and Tippy Martinez. As long as they had been playing baseball, they were winners.2 * Leads Orioles in eight offensive categories.

First he picked off Barry Bonnell. Then he picked off Dave Collins. To complete the inning, he picked off Willie Upshaw.Tippy Martinez had a solid 10-year career as a left-handed reliever for the Orioles, but that moment on Aug. 24, 1983, -- when he picked off three Toronto Blue Jays in one inning -- defined it."Seems like everybody was there that night," Martinez said. "I hear about it even today. That's how I'm remembered. Which is OK."Moments later, Lenn Sakata, in real life an infielder but who was, of all things, the catcher, hit a game-winning home run, capping a couple of the most bizarre innings in Orioles history.

Ranked No. 24 in the most recent USA Today Top 25 list, No. 2 in the area and riding a 16-game winning streak, Loch Raven's defending 2A state champion girls soccer team is under increasing pressure.But you wouldn't know it considering the poise with which the Raiders continue to dismantle their opponents, having outscored them, 45-2.Yesterday, Loch Raven (8-0) visited No. 10 Mercy, its toughest foe to date, and again the Raiders dominated, hammering an injury-riddled squad by a 25-5 shots-on-goal margin en route to a 2-0 nonleague victory and their sixth shutout.

Another former Oriole is getting into the food-service business at a Baltimore stadium.The minor-league Baysox announced yesterday that their concessions for the 1993 season at Memorial Stadium will feature "Tippy's Taco Stand" containing a collection of home-style Mexican recipes from the kitchen of Eva Martinez, mother of the Orioles' all-time left-handed saves leader, Tippy Martinez.Last year, former Orioles first baseman Boog Powell opened a barbecue stand that became one of the most popular concessions at Oriole Park.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Orioles first-base coach Davey Lopes has been named manager of the Tucson Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League.It will be the first managing job for Lopes, 47, who has been othe Orioles' staff for two years after serving four years with the Texas Rangers."

FOR THE first time in years, there's a press war at Johns Hopkins University. An upstart weekly, the Hopkins Standard, has published four issues and has diverted some reporters, advertising revenue and attention from the 96-year-old News-Letter.The Standard was founded by senior Ethan "Juice" Skolnick, who spent the summer organizing a staff, finding a printer and seeking advertisers. It's a tabloid, deliberately different from the News-Letter's broad-sheet format. It comes out on Thursdays (when it comes out on time)

While every young baseball player can't be a Tippy Martinez, he can learn to develop the habits and work ethic that enabled Martinez to be one of the best at his craft.The ex-Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher and current Towson State assistant baseball coach has been working with youngsters age 8 to 16 this week at the Tippy Martinez Baseball School.The weeklong school took on an eager class of 56 young county players at the 10th Avenue baseball facility in Brooklyn Park for the second consecutive year.

As expected, it's all Michael all the time around here these days. With so much bling around his neck, the Incredible Phelps looms now as the most accomplished - if not the greatest - athlete to ever come out of Maryland, and if medals are the measure, he's the greatest Olympian ever. Someday, in Baltimore, there will be a new aquatic center named for him - hopefully in the lower level of the new downtown arena - with a magnificent, life-size bronze of MP in Speedo at the entrance. We should all savor this for as long as possible.

NEW YORK -- When the Orioles signed Jamie Walker to a three-year, $12 million deal this offseason, several baseball pundits were astounded that a team would spend that much money on a left-handed relief specialist. But Walker has proved to be much more than that this season, going 1-2 with a 3.40 ERA and five saves, while being asked to fill just about every role possible. In the Orioles' 8-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, Walker made his 77th appearance. That not only leads the American League, but it also broke a franchise record previously held by B.J. Ryan (2003 and 2004)

Joe Orsulak has never been one to draw attention to himself.Many Orioles fans remember him as the workmanlike outfielder who dived after balls and the unheralded hitter who batted nearly .290 year after year, though he was often overlooked during his career.That's one of the reasons Orsulak, 36, relishes his new role as assistant coach at Loyola High School."I'm not in it for the accolades or the publicity," Orsulak said. "For me, the pleasure I gain out of it is to watch someone do something that I taught them, to watch them learn it and perform it and to watch them do well."

Steam and gas enginesTravel backward in time this weekend at the 24th annual Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Engine Show, where you can see colonial crafts, gas and steam engines, sawmills, a Civil War encampment and a parade of antique cars. Witness the antique tractor pull, a horse pull competition and yes, wheat threshing. Visitors can also check out the rural life museum, blacksmithing and a variety of tractors and equipment. For the shoppers, there will be an auction sale and a large flea market, while children can enjoy train rides from yester-year.

Just when you thought the last swash had been buckled, along comes a new saddle on the old war horse. No, that sentence doesn't make much sense, but then neither, really, does "The Horseman on the Roof," although it's still a lot of fun!First surprise: The title isn't ironic or metaphorical. It's literal. It's really about a horseman on a roof! Obviously he can't stay there long, because that would be a pretty dull movie. A fiddler? See, now a fiddler could stay on the roof a long time. You could even make a movie about a fiddler on a roof.

First he picked off Barry Bonnell. Then he picked off Dave Collins. To complete the inning, he picked off Willie Upshaw.Tippy Martinez had a solid 10-year career as a left-handed reliever for the Orioles, but that moment on Aug. 24, 1983, -- when he picked off three Toronto Blue Jays in one inning -- defined it."Seems like everybody was there that night," Martinez said. "I hear about it even today. That's how I'm remembered. Which is OK."Moments later, Lenn Sakata, in real life an infielder but who was, of all things, the catcher, hit a game-winning home run, capping a couple of the most bizarre innings in Orioles history.

It didn't matter if it were cards, pingpong, tape ball or clubhouse wrestling, Cal Ripken liked to win. So did the handful of holdovers from the team's glory years - Eddie Murray, Mike Flanagan, Scott McGregor, Mike Boddicker and Tippy Martinez. As long as they had been playing baseball, they were winners.2 * Leads Orioles in eight offensive categories.

Ranked No. 24 in the most recent USA Today Top 25 list, No. 2 in the area and riding a 16-game winning streak, Loch Raven's defending 2A state champion girls soccer team is under increasing pressure.But you wouldn't know it considering the poise with which the Raiders continue to dismantle their opponents, having outscored them, 45-2.Yesterday, Loch Raven (8-0) visited No. 10 Mercy, its toughest foe to date, and again the Raiders dominated, hammering an injury-riddled squad by a 25-5 shots-on-goal margin en route to a 2-0 nonleague victory and their sixth shutout.

FOR THE first time in years, there's a press war at Johns Hopkins University. An upstart weekly, the Hopkins Standard, has published four issues and has diverted some reporters, advertising revenue and attention from the 96-year-old News-Letter.The Standard was founded by senior Ethan "Juice" Skolnick, who spent the summer organizing a staff, finding a printer and seeking advertisers. It's a tabloid, deliberately different from the News-Letter's broad-sheet format. It comes out on Thursdays (when it comes out on time)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Orioles first-base coach Davey Lopes has been named manager of the Tucson Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League.It will be the first managing job for Lopes, 47, who has been othe Orioles' staff for two years after serving four years with the Texas Rangers."