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Page 10 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 9, 2021 Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast Friday, June 11, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. EDT – virtual event Malden’s Kevin McGlinchy, a 1995 Malden High School graduate, had four Major League Baseball seasons and 77 MLB appearances from 1999-2002 with the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays. MLB | FROM PAGE 1 ident to ever pitch in the Major Leagues, and the fi rst in 21 years. The last Malden resident to pitch in top level of Major League Baseball (MLB) was Edgeworth native Kevin McGlinchy, who made his fi nal appearance in the Majors in May 2000 for the Atlanta Braves. Campbell, who was pitching against his former team, the Tampa Bay Rays, on Saturday, was selected with the 13th pick in the fi rst round of the Rule 5 draft from the Rays by the Marlins. Campbell, a 2013 Malden Catholic High School graduate, had a decent spring training with the Marlins, appearing in six games and fashioning a sub4.00 earned run average. It was a tight fi t for the Opening Day roster, but with the pandemic-related expansion to 26 players, Miami, like most MLB teams, opted for an extra pitcher. Campbell, a 6-1, 210 power pitcher, was announced as a roster spot winner the day before the Marlins fi rst game and made his MLB debut fi ve days later for manager Don Mattingly’s Miami team. In Saturday’s game, an eventual 12-7 Marlins win (Campbell did not fi gure in the decision), the Malden native was called to the mound in just the third inning when starter Elieser Hernandez had to leave prematurely with a biceps injury. Campbell came on with one out, no runners on and was immediately greeted with a pair of singles. He came back solid and recorded his fi rst career strikeout on a fi lthy slider to Joey Wendle, who K’d swinging. Campbell then escaped the inning unscathed when Rays Joey Berti lined out softly. Campbell was solid in the top of the fourth inning, getting the Rays in order 1-2-3 on a grounder, a popup and fly ball out. Malden High School 1990 grad Rich Barker played five professional seasons from 19962000 and made three Major League Baseball pitching appearances in the 1999 season with the Chicago Cubs. The former Clemson University righty trotted back out for the fi fth inning. Campbell surrendered a single to start the inning and then showed some Pitchers’ Fielding Practice skills by fi elding a sacrifi ce bunt for an out by the Rays pitcher, Yoshi Tsutsugo. Campbell then issued his only walk, to Austin Meadows, and let up a single to Rays All-Star Manuel Margot before being lifted. His ERA suff ered when reliever Adam Cimber let up backto-back hits, a single and double, and two more runs scored. All in all, it was a better than All three Major League pitchers from Malden coached by same person in high school All three Major League pitchers from Malden, including the latest one, Campbell, all shared one trait. They were all coached in high school by present Malden High School Head Coach and former Malden Catholic Head Coach Steve Freker. Freker coached two pitchers who made it to the Major Leagues in his fi rst coaching go-round at Malden High, from 1985-1999. McGlinchy, a 1995 Malden High School graduate, signed with the Braves in 1996 in a draft-and-follow after his fi fthround selection in 1995. He made his Majors debut in 1999 at the age of 22 and ended up setting an Atlanta rookie single-season appearance record of 65 appearances, all in relief. McGlinchy, who attended one year of college at Central Florida Community College, then spent the 2000 season with the Braves, an injury-shortened campaign before two seasons with Tampa, after being selected in Rule 5. He never appeared in a game with Tampa and was released midway through 2002. decent debut, and Campbell showed a great deal of poise in surrendering two hits right out of the gate and then retiring the next fi ve Major League hitters he faced. The Marlins are off to a rough start overall at 1-5 as of Thursday, and their starting pitching took a hit with the loss of Hernandez for a week. Heading into yesterday’s matinee versus the New York Mets on the road, Campbell was being considered for an emergency start, which would have been the fi rst of his career. Malden’s other Major Leaguer was 1991 Malden High grad Rich Barker, who appeared in three games at the Major League level in the 1999 season. Barker’s career ended in the minors in 2001. Freker coached at Malden Catholic from 2000-2012, during which the Lancers won the MIAA Division 1 State Championship and nearly 200 games in that span. Campbell was a junior on Coach Freker’s fi nal Lancer team in 2012. “Paul deserves everything he gets. He never asked for anything and got where he is through a lot of self-motivation and plain old hard work,” said Freker, who returned to coach Malden High in 2017 and is now in his fi fth year back in Malden and 35th year overall. “He and his father Alan did all the work to get Paul all the way to the highest level there is in baseball.” “It was an honor to have coached Paul and his brother Jake Halloran at Malden Catholic and also to call him and his dad friends today,” Freker added. “I wish him all the best and was thrilled when he called me the day he learned he made the Marlins’ Opening Day roster.” GBH General Manager of Television Liz Cheng accepted ACDC’s Neil Y. Chin Community Service Award at the 2020 Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast. T his year’s event will be held virtually. Although we would have preferred to enjoy Dim Sum with the hundreds of guests that usually attend our Breakfast, we are prioritizing the public health of our guests and the community. We look forward to sharing with you the ways in which the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) has served the communities of Greater Boston, Malden and Quincy over the past year. With collective care, we will remain a resilient community. We continue to strengthen our partnerships with other organizations and coalitions to meet the growing, urgent needs of the Asian immigrant and AAPI communities – needs that stem from the pandemic; the most recent surge in racism and attacks against Asian immigrant and AAPI individuals; and the structural racism that, for generations, has marginalized the voices and issues impacting working class, immigrant and BIPOC communities we serve. Proceeds from this event support engaging community members in reimagining and rebuilding their quality of life and transforming their neighborhoods through ACDC’s programs, which include A-VOYCE youth leadership program, bilingual fi rst-time homebuyer workshops and fi nancial counseling, civic engagement and placekeeping projects. MHS and Malden Library announce upcoming events Stem Workshop: Bouncy Balls! Saturday, April 10, at 2 p.m. Malden High School’s Ecobility Club is partnering with the library to present this fun and educational virtual workshop, using materials from home. Bouncy balls require the following ingredients: borax, white glue (like Elmer’s), cornstarch, warm water and (optional) food coloring. This hour-long workshop is appropriate for students in grades 3-5. To receive the Zoom invitation link, complete the registration form for this event in the library’s online calendar. Another STEM workshop will be off ered on Saturday, April 24. Preschool Story Time Tuesday, April 13, at 11 a.m. This virtual story time for children ages three to fi ve features Frank Coates Music Play Patrol Founder & CEO several picture books, song, and rhymes and lasts 30 minutes. To register your child and receive the Zoom invitation, please complete the registration form for this event in the library’s online calendar. EVENTS | SEE PAGE 15

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