* I mean to post this in the lounge. Sorry about that * He was born in DC and when he was a kid his dream was to be the beat reporter for a major league baseball team. He was in the Navy out of high school and by the age of 22 he was the beat reporter for the Washington Senators for the Washington Daily News. He got to be good friends with Ted Williams as a result of this. Later he would cover the expansion Washington Capitals from 1974 to 1981 for the Washington Star. He also covered the Washington Redskins when Vince Lombardi and George Allen were the coaches. And he covered the Washington Bullets when Gene Shue was the coach. He covered the Kentucky Derby, Wimbledon, boxing you name it. But baseball was his first love. Dad was sitting next to Al Michaels in the press box in 1989 at Candlestick at the World Series when the earthquake hit. Dad stayed out there for the Orlando Sentinel and wrote Earthquake recovery stories for a week or so. I was a freshman at VT at the time. In the early 80's he worked at the Knickerbocker News in Albany, NY before we moved to Orlando and he wrote for the Sentinel. Baseball was his first love. He voted for the Hall of Fame for almost 50 years I think. He was a well respected baseball writer. I could go on and on with all kinds of interesting stories related to him being a sportswriter but I will save that for another day. He lived a charmed life and is survived by my Mom, older brother, and me as well as (3) grandchildren. I know he is in a better place now and is hanging out with his pals Ted Williams, Brooks Robinson, and Frank Howard to name a few. ** Edited by OrlandoHokie at 5/6/2026, 11:59:04 AM