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Article: MILACKI'S ROUTE BACK TO MAJORS INCLUDES MINOR DELAY.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 20, 1991
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Byline: Peter Dougherty
Rand McNally measures the distance between Baltimore and Hagerstown at about 75 miles. Baseball spreads it much farther.
Both Maryland cities are links in the Orioles' chain, but once a player hits the big leagues in Baltimore, he rarely sees ClassAA Hagerstown again. Those who struggle in the major leagues usually regroup in Triple-A, which in the Orioles' case means Rochester.
Yet the Hagerstown Suns, who began a three-game Eastern League series Friday night at Heritage Park, have four pitchers with 762 major-league innings among them. In the case of Bob Milacki, who pitched more than half of those innings, opting for ...