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Joe Schwartz '83 3K Run/Walk Results

4/25/08 - The First Annual Joe Schwartz '83 3K Run/Walk was a success.
Petitti '83 Named President and CEO of MLB Network

4/25/08 - Baseball alum, Tony Petitti '83 was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the MLB Network, which is scheduled to launch in January 2009.
Official Release

Polykoff ‘06 Returns to Alma Mater to Coach in Friends Schools League Championship

2/14/08 - Fomer Basketball Player Jason Polykoff to Coach in Friends Schools League Championship Game.
Bob Colburn '59 Inducted into National High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame

Colburn, who enters his 47th season as head coach at St. Andrews (Del.), has made many contributions to high school baseball in Delaware and nationally.
Thompson Hired by New York Mets

Former Haverford catcher Jim Thompson ’04 has been hired by the New York Mets as a minor league scout.
Fords and the Business End of Baseball

An MSNBC editorial about the roles of money, scouting and player development in this year's playoffs cites Josh Byrnes '92 (GM for the Arizona Diamondbacks) and Ron Shapiro '64 (former agent for Cal Ripken Jr.).
Opinion: Building for a championship
10/01/2006 - Joe Taylor '63 Elected to National Hall of Fame

Haverford can't pretend that election to the National Academic All- America Hall of Fame, which just happened to Princeton Professor and Dean of Faculty Joe Taylor '63, is the biggest honor he's won. There's the small matter of a few other prizes, such as the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics, the MacArthur Genius Award, the Wolf Prize for scientific work at the all-planet level and many more.