• On Wednesday, the Senators announced that Mark Butler, president and CEO of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, will assume the majority stake in the franchise as he becomes the principal owner and managing partner of the baseball club. Check out my story at PennLive here.
• Derek Norris (’11) got a head start on learning about the pitchers on his new team, the Padres, by studying tons of game film this winter. (MLB [Brock])
• Former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is not my idea of a mentor, but Kash Beauchamp (HC ’95) might disagree with me. Beauchamp is one of nine coaches featured in Spike’s series “Coaching Bad” trying to fix their anger control problems.
• Looking to put a disappointing injury-plagued 2014 season behind him, Taylor Jordan (’13) focused on his health coming into spring training. (Washington Times [Schad])
• Erik Davis (’11-’12) did something on Tuesday that he hadn’t done in over a year when he threw off the mound pain-free. (Washington Post [Janes])
• Chien-Ming Wang (’11-’12) signed with the Braves this offseason because the open competition for their fifth spot in the rotation was very enticing to him. (FOX Sports South [Bardeen])
• Former backstop Brian Schneider (’99) is going to try his hand at hurling, the traditional Irish sport, for an Irish reality show called “The Toughest Trade”. (SI Extra Mustard)
• The Harrisburg Senators and Delaware North SportService are holding their part-time job fair this Saturday, February 28th, 2015 from 11am – 2pm at Metro Bank Park.