Baseball Coach

By his count, Anthony Perry has played 50-plus games this summer, suiting up for two clubs, Kingston, N.H., in the North Shore Baseball League, and Malden in the Yawkey League. "Fifty games is A-OK with me," he said. "I've played pretty much every night this summer, it's fun. " Even at 26 years old. The Andover High grad played 50-plus games per season as a three-time all-conference performer at Fisher College in Boston, followed by back-to-back 140-game seasons playing independent ball for Butch Hobson in Maryland.

By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff A week after winning the 500th baseball game of his career, BC High baseball coach Norm Walsh was suspended by the Dorchester school, "for the remainder of the season for inappropriate use of language," according to athletic director Jon Bartlett. Walsh will continue as a teacher at BC High. He has been replaced by his assistant, John Lynch, who coached the team at the Eagles game at Quincy Friday. Walsh, a 1970 graduate of BC High, recorded his 500th win when the Eagles beat Malden Catholic May 17. BC High won the Catholic Conference title...

By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff A week after winning the 500th baseball game of his career, BC High baseball coach Norm Walsh was suspended by the Dorchester school, "for the remainder of the season for inappropriate use of language," according to athletic director Jon Bartlett. Walsh will continue as a teacher at BC High. He has been replaced by his assistant, John Lynch, who coached the team at the Eagles game at Quincy Friday. Walsh, a 1970 graduate of BC High, recorded his 500th win when the Eagles beat Malden Catholic May 17. BC High won the Catholic Conference title...

Well before the 2012 baseball season officially kicked off (and went quickly south), new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine was already dominating Boston sports chatter. One on-air pundit groused early on that even a skipper as colorful as Bobby V. can't be the star of the team. But dozens of baseball movies have given us memorable managers who chew the scenery like a wad of tobacco and occasionally steal the film as easily as Jacoby Ellsbury dashing from second to third. 1. Cap, "Alibi Ike" (1935)

SAN MATEO, Calif. - There are no statues here, no ostentatious displays commemorating the achievements of one of the greatest quarterbacks in National Football League history. Indeed, if you look around Junipero Serra High School, where Tom Brady first made his mark on the football field, you'll find only a few modest nods to the New England Patriots quarterback who is about to start his fifth Super Bowl. There is the Sports Illustrated cover, propped up on a stand in a trophy case, which saluted his being named the 2005 Sportsman of the Year.

WINTER PARK, Fla. -- He didn't grasp the significance of it at the time. When Glenn Rivers was growing up on the West Side of Chicago, long before he became an NBA star, a millionaire, the coach of the Boston Celtics, he didn't stop to consider how his father, Grady, a police patrolman, also found time to be his baseball coach. During practice, Grady would pull his squad car onto the field and crank up the volume on the dispatch radio. If a call came in, he'd yank off his baseball cap, straighten out his blue uniform, and peel out, lights flashing.

Blaine O’Brien , who pitched back-to-back no-hitters at Scituate High and then helped his teams advance to the Junior College and NCAA Division 3 tournaments, is playing the waiting game with the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. A 48th-round selection of the Cleveland Indians earlier this month in the Major League draft, the 6-foot-7 righty out of Keystone College in La Plume, Pa., is hoping his performance in the league will lead to a contract offer from Cleveland.

Sixteen years ago, Esteban Paula's father noticed how much his 4-year-old son enjoyed watching baseball on television, and he signed him up for a youth league. He could never have predicted what an immense impact the sport would have on his son's life: It would eventually become the foundation of his success in a new country. On July 20, 2007, Paula moved with his mother and two younger brothers from the Dominican Republic to Lynn. Paula didn't know any English, but he had a passion for sports that would open up opportunities he wouldn't have imagined.

He mattered because of his exceptional athletic ability. Regardless of which sport Randy Moss conquered in his native West Virginia, whether it was plucking a football out of the sky, running down a baseball in center field, slam-dunking a basketball, or sprinting past everyone on the track, he invariably became the focus. This was not because he craved attention - quite the opposite, actually - but because at any moment, the locals knew he was capable of doing something spectacular, and they wanted to be able to say they were there.

NORWICH, Vt. -- Ulysses J. "Tony" Lupien Jr., a major league baseball player in the 1940s and baseball coach at Dartmouth College, has died after several years of declining health. He was 87 and died Friday at his home. A first baseman, he played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox. He then was a minor league player-manager into the early 1950s before becoming a college coach. In 1980 he collaborated with writer Lee Lowenfish to write "The Imperfect Diamond," a book about baseball labor from the...

When a coach retires at age 76, you can assume he's had a long career. With Ken Perrone, that assumption resounds. "I started coaching at 15. It was a 12-and-under basketball team," said Perrone, who after 30 years as the baseball coach at Salem State University is retiring next month. He started the week with a notable 669-391 record, including a 26-8-1 mark entering Tuesday's twin bill against Framingham State. "He's had an unparalleled dedication to his players, and his teams," said Mario Padovani, a senior pitcher from Lynnfield.

Mongue, 23, takes NCC coaching job Justin Mongue got a little more than he bargained for when he signed up for a Spanish course two months ago at Nashua Community College. While leaving campus, he noticed a flier advertising the formation of a club baseball team and soliciting players. Mongue is no stranger to the diamond, and the flier piqued his interest. He was an All-Merrimack Valley Conference catcher at Methuen High before tendinitis shelved his career. Maybe he couldn't play, but he could certainly help get things organized and do a...

SAN MATEO, Calif. - There are no statues here, no ostentatious displays commemorating the achievements of one of the greatest quarterbacks in National Football League history. Indeed, if you look around Junipero Serra High School, where Tom Brady first made his mark on the football field, you'll find only a few modest nods to the New England Patriots quarterback who is about to start his fifth Super Bowl. There is the Sports Illustrated cover, propped up on a stand in a trophy case, which saluted his being named the 2005 Sportsman of the Year.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - There are no statues here, no ostentatious displays commemorating the achievements of one of the greatest quarterbacks in National Football League history. Indeed, if you look around Junipero Serra High School, where Tom Brady first made his mark on the football field, you'll find only a few modest nods to the New England Patriots quarterback who is about to start his fifth Super Bowl. There is the Sports Illustrated cover, propped up on a stand in a trophy case, which saluted his being named the 2005 Sportsman of the Year.

By his count, Anthony Perry has played 50-plus games this summer, suiting up for two clubs, Kingston, N.H., in the North Shore Baseball League, and Malden in the Yawkey League. "Fifty games is A-OK with me," he said. "I've played pretty much every night this summer, it's fun. " Even at 26 years old. The Andover High grad played 50-plus games per season as a three-time all-conference performer at Fisher College in Boston, followed by back-to-back 140-game seasons playing independent ball for Butch Hobson in Maryland.

Sixteen years ago, Esteban Paula's father noticed how much his 4-year-old son enjoyed watching baseball on television, and he signed him up for a youth league. He could never have predicted what an immense impact the sport would have on his son's life: It would eventually become the foundation of his success in a new country. On July 20, 2007, Paula moved with his mother and two younger brothers from the Dominican Republic to Lynn. Paula didn't know any English, but he had a passion for sports that would open up opportunities he wouldn't have imagined.

As the varsity baseball coach at the Landmark School in Beverly's Prides Crossing section, Scott Jamieson runs structured practice sessions with a focus on individual attention. His players, like all the students at the school, deal with language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. This spring, the Marshfield native guided the Landmark nine to a 7-4 record, one of the best seasons in program history, and his club hosted a first-round game in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council's postseason.

On Oct. 4, 1952, the Tufts University football team was trailing visiting Worcester Polytechnic Institute by 4 points late in the final quarter when Tufts defensive back Bobby Meehan intercepted a pass in his end zone. Mr. Meehan, who had starred at St. Mary’s High in Brookline and at Dean Academy in Franklin, never looked back, racing 102 yards for a touchdown and giving the Jumbos a 15-13 victory. His interception return is the longest in Tufts’ history. Mr. Meehan, baseball coach at Tufts from 1958-62 and a three-sport athlete at the university, died...

As the varsity baseball coach at the Landmark School in Beverly's Prides Crossing section, Scott Jamieson runs structured practice sessions with a focus on individual attention. His players, like all the students at the school, deal with language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. This spring, the Marshfield native guided the Landmark nine to a 7-4 record, one of the best seasons in program history, and his club hosted a first-round game in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council's postseason.

Blaine O’Brien , who pitched back-to-back no-hitters at Scituate High and then helped his teams advance to the Junior College and NCAA Division 3 tournaments, is playing the waiting game with the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. A 48th-round selection of the Cleveland Indians earlier this month in the Major League draft, the 6-foot-7 righty out of Keystone College in La Plume, Pa., is hoping his performance in the league will lead to a contract offer from Cleveland.