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O's groundskeeper Pat Santarone dies at 79
Published 5/7/2008 by duck at Camden Chat: Front Page Posts
... From The Baltimore Sun By Roch Kubatko | Sun reporter While the Orioles produced some of the best teams in baseball over three decades, beginning in the 1960s, they went unchallenged when ...

Longtime O’s groundskeeper Santarone dies at 79
Published 5/8/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Longtime O’s groundskeeper Santarone dies at 79 While the Orioles produced some of the best teams in baseball over three decades, beginning in the 1960s, they went unchallenged when it came to their garden. The tomato plants that grew at old Memorial Stadium, and the competitions between head groundskeeper Pat Santarone and manager Earl Weaver that sprouted along with them, are almost as legendary as any championships that were won. Santarone died unexpectedly Tuesday at his home in Hamilton, Mont. He was 79. “Pat and I were very close. He was the best man at my wedding,” ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, May 8
Published 5/8/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... PASSAGES: Pat Santarone, the long-time Orioles groundskeeper who planted tomatoes in the bullpen every year in a competition with his friend Earl Weaver as to who had the best plants, has died at age 79. (Baltimore Sun) ...