At long last, here are the whereabouts of your 1989 "Why Not?" Baltimore Orioles:STARTING LINEUP
C Mickey Tettleton is active on the celebrity golf circuit and is a devoted father to his four children. Tate, the oldest, is a star quarterback in high school.
1B Randy Milligan is a scout with the Orioles, according to Wikipedia.
2B Billy Ripken is a co-owner of the Orioles' short-season A affiliate, the Aberdeen IronBirds. He recently coached first base for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic and has appeared as an analyst on the MLB Network. He's also Executive Vice President of Ripken Baseball, Inc.
SS Cal Ripken, Jr. was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. He is co-owner of the Aberdeen IronBirds and President and CEO of Ripken Baseball, Inc.
3B Craig Worthington owns and operates a hitting instruction academy for baseball and softball in Southern California and coaches the girls' softball team at St. Paul High School.
LF Phil Bradley is a special assistant for the Major League Baseball Players Association. His son Curt played in the Dodgers organization in 2007.
CF Mike Devereaux lent his name to an American Legion tournament in his hometown of Casper, Wyoming. After the breakup of the local American Legion, the Mike Devereaux Tournament allowed the town's teenagers to continue playing baseball in front of home crowds. The inaugural tournament took place last year.
RF Joe Orsulak still lives in the area, spent a few years coaching baseball at Loyola Blakefield High School, and works Cal Ripken's baseball camps on occasion.
DH Larry Sheets owns and operates a family amusement center in Westminster, MD.
THE STARTING ROTATION
Jeff Ballard is a senior vice president at Ballard Petroleum Holdings, the family business in his hometown of Billings, MT. He is also chairman of the American Legion baseball program in Billings.
Bob Milacki is the pitching coach for the Phillies' class A South Atlantic League affiliate, the Lakewood BlueClaws.
Dave Schmidt is the Orioles' minor league pitching coordinator. He has been an instructor in the Baltimore organization for twelve years now.
Pete Harnisch is living with his wife and two sons in Colts Neck, NJ, where he coaches youth baseball, soccer, and basketball.
Dave Johnson is a baseball analyst for the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. His son Steven pitches in the Dodgers organization.
THE BULLPEN
Unfortunately, the most recent news I found of Brian Holton was a story about his 2006 arrest in Manchester, NH on charges of skipping out on $43,000 of owed child support.
Mark Thurmond is the vice president of the Al Thurmond Insurance Agency.
Kevin Hickey is a coach at the annual White Sox Fantasy Camp. He was a batting practice pitcher for the 2005 World Champion Pale Hose.
Mark Williamson...is a mystery to me.
Gregg Olson lives in Newport Beach, CA with his wife and four children.
Sometime soon, I'll kill another day with updates on the bench players and lesser-used pitchers.
Awesome! I just heard that Billy Ripken has actually been signed on by MLBN to do their MLB Tonight show on Mondays and Tuesdays. I guess they have to rotate the "analysts" since it's going to be on for like 8 hours every night.
ReplyDeleteA co-worker of mine coaches his son's little league and on Opening Day Joe Orsulak almost always throws out the first pitch for them, although he said Al Bumbry's done it a time or two as well. All the kids are like, "who is this guy?" and the parents are all "Yay Joe Orsulak!"
Excellent...you can bet that whenever I have kids, they will know of the consistent blue-collar successes of Joe O.
ReplyDeleteI always loved that Froot Loops card - I had just learned who Jackson Pollack was when I first got that card and I felt so self rightous and erudite to point out the background to anyone who would listen as "very Jackson Pollack" I was such a douche at 15.
ReplyDeleteMax- Haha, weren't we all like that at 15?
ReplyDeletei believe the waitress in roadhouse captured my essence best when she described someone as: he "was born an asshole and just got bigger..."
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