BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: FORMER GOLD GLOVER MARK BELANGER DIES.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Mark Belanger A heavy smoker until he quit around 1990, he was diagnosed with the disease about a year ago. Belanger won eight Gold Gloves with the Baltimore Orioles This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. For other uses, see Baltimore Oriole (disambiguation). The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. , his team from 1965-81, and six of them were consecutive, 1973-78. Brooks Robinson, with 16 Gold Gloves, is the only Orioles player to have more. Belanger, who ended his career in 1982 with the Dodgers, had a lifetime batting average of only .228, but his weak hitting was more than offset by his glove. Nicknamed Blade, he had a lifetime .977 fielding percentage, eighth among shortstops. He was a union representative as a player and after he retired he became a key figure in the Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union of professional major-league baseball players. History Of MLBPA The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players. as the longtime assistant to union head Donald Fehr. ``He paved the way for all the contracts and all the rights players have today,'' said pitcher David Cone, the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Yankees' player representative. ``He was tough, no-nonsense, stepped on some toes along the way and also made friends along the way. He will be dearly missed.'' Ripken Sr. has cancer: Cal Ripken Sr., a former manager and longtime coach of the Baltimore Orioles and father of baseball iron man Cal Ripken Jr., is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer, his family said. Vi Ripken told The (Baltimore) Sun that her husband was diagnosed last week at Johns Hopkins Hospital
``Doctors found a tumor on Calvin's lung, came up with a plan and started the wheels moving,'' Vi Ripken said Monday. ``The team of specialists seems very optimistic that this treatment will take care of the problem.'' Cubs want to keep Beck: The Chicago Cubs and Rod Beck's agent are trying to negotiate a long-term contract. Chicago General Manager Ed Lynch said he's had discussions with agent Rick Thurman about a multiyear agreement for Beck, who saved a franchise-record 51 games this season. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Mark Belanger, left, with union head Don Fehr, won eight Gold Gloves at shortstop. Kathy Willens/Associated Press |
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