Bel Air Braves Battle Back To Represent Harford County In Ripken World Series
July 17, 2008
“It’s amazing, I mean, I’ve been dreaming of this since I was like six or seven. It’s great for the team, we’ve all wanted this all year and we’ve worked for this really hard,” says Sam Thornton, wide-eyed with anticipation. The dream: playing in the Cal Ripken World Series. The team: our very own Bel Air Braves.
It was an adrenaline-packed, emotionally-charged road for Bel Air as they earned their spot in the series by taking a chunk out of Emmorton’s aspirations to snatch the District V111 tournament. The battle was a nail-biter, but they took it in dramatic fashion, cementing their path on this yellow brick road. Continue reading Bel Air Braves Battle Back To Represent Harford County In Ripken World Series
IronBirds Come Back To Aberdeen For Home Opener After Historic Start To Season
June 20, 2008
The Aberdeen IronBirds are set to kick off their Opening Day of the 2008 season after coming home from Hudson Valley with two wins in their pocket. They dropped the finale Thursday night (10-5) but managed to create quite an uproar to get their season started and trek home with a 2-1 record.
History was in the air, both Tuesday and Wednesday night. Wednesday the IronBirds pitching staff platooned to throw the first ever one-hitter. Chris Salberg, Joe Esposito and Brandon Cooney made their mark in Aberdeen’s record book with this feat bringing home a 4-0 shutout win. Continue reading IronBirds Come Back To Aberdeen For Home Opener After Historic Start To Season
40-Love: An Aberdeen Archrivalry Lives On
September 18, 2007
Fact: Early in 2006, Aberdeen’s interim city manager Don Brand abruptly resigned from his post.
Backstory: A high-ranking city official close to the situation told me Brand was abruptly “resigned” after he allegedly became belligerent in the lobby of city hall upon learning the “interim” tag was going to stick and that he had been passed over for the permanent city manager position. His profanity-laced tirade apparently drew the attention of several city employees and passersby and left this elected official with no other choice but to tell Brand the ride was over. Adding to 
the disgrace, Brand, who decided he would pack up his things and leave on the spot, had been driving a city-owned vehicle to work and had to bum a ride home from city police chief Randy Rudy. So Rudy drove a just-fired Brand and all his office belongs home in the city car, dropped him off and then returned to Aberdeen with the vehicle - leaving a very recently-unemployed Brand no doubt explaining to his wife why he was home in the middle of the afternoon. Continue reading 40-Love: An Aberdeen Archrivalry Lives On
