JUNE 7, 2010

GREELEY SET FOR 13TH PRO SEASON WITH RETURN TO BLUEFIELD

WILKES-BARRE -- King's College baseball coach Jerry Greeley will return to the Baltimore Orioles minor league system when he reports to Bluefield. WV June 19 to serve as a coach for the Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League. It will mark his sixth straight year assigned to Bluefield and his 11th overall with the Orioles organization .

The 2010 season will be Greeley's 13th year as a professional coach in Major League Baseball's minor league system, as he also spent two years as a minor league coach with the Cincinnati Reds in 2002 and 2003. This is Greeley's second stint in the Baltimore organization as he spent 1997-98 in Bluefield and 1999-2001 with the Orioles gulf coast league team in Sarasota FL.

Bluefield will open its 68 game Appalachian League schedule on Tuesday June 22 with a three game series at the Pulaski Mariners.  

At King's, Greeley has led the Monarchs to the post season in six of his eight seasons as the head coach. He recently was honored by the American Baseball Coaches Association for reaching the 800-win milestone in his coaching career. He has a 800-396-3 career coaching record.