David Driver is a native of Harrisonburg, Va., and played baseball at Turner Ashby High School and Eastern Mennonite College (now University). He graduated from EMC in 1985 with a degree in English, and a minor in journalism. He has lived in the Washington, D.C. area for 20 years, and has covered sports in the region for weekly and daily newspapers. He has also been a sports stringer for the Associated Press in Washington for more than 10 years, and has covered NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and college basketball games during that time. More >>

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A Man With a Plan

Andy MacPhail, the new president and CEO of the Orioles, is already making waves in Baltimore

April 2008

By David Driver
Sports Unlimited Magazine
Used by permission

As a young boy in the early 1960s, Andy MacPhail lived with his family in the working-class Guilford neighborhood near Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. His father, Lee, president and general manager of the Orioles, often took Andy and his older brother, Bruce, to the ballpark on 33rd Street where their father would duck into the clubhouse to check on his club.

“After a night game, he would tell us he would be right back and, of course, that was 45 minutes later,” said MacPhail. “We would throw the ball around under the stands.”

The family left Baltimore before the Orioles’ first World Series appearance in 1966, but MacPhail, who was named the O’s president and CEO last June still has special memories.

“I remember a lot of the players from those days, such as Gus Triandos and Jerry Adair,” he said. “I have pretty vivid memories of Baltimore and Memorial Stadium. I remember playing outside on fall Sundays and hearing cheers from the Colts crowd. It was a lot of fun. I was a big fan of Jackie Brandt. He wore batting gloves, which was avant-garde at the time.”

Since 1997 when the O’s won the AL East Division, they are without a winning season. MacPhail brings in a fresh attitude and history of winning.

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