Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 23, 1993 TAG: 9310230225
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Oates, 53, was signed to a two-year deal with an option for the 1996 season, the team announced.
"The thing I personally enjoy the most is it makes a statement to our players and fans about continuity - the continuity of finishing a job we started a few years ago," Oates said.
Hemond and Oates pledged to work to bring a pennant and World Series championship to Baltimore. Oates said the team has one requirement above all else to make that happen.
"Pitching, pitching, pitching," he said. "Give me pitching and we'll win."
Oates' status had been the subject of speculation as the season drew to a close and the sale of the team from New York financier Eli Jacobs to the Angelos group was completed.
Oates guided the Orioles to winning records in each of his first two full seasons as manager. Baltimore was in the pennant race until the last few weeks of the season.
In Oates' two full seasons, the Orioles have won 174 games, the most in back-to-back seasons since 1983-1984.
In other baseball:
\ COLEMAN PLEADS INNOCENT: Vince Coleman's attorney entered a plea of innocent for his client to a felony explosives charge stemming from an incident at Dodger Stadium that left three people injured.
The case against the New York Mets outfielder was continued by Municipal Court Commissioner Kristi Lousteau until Nov. 5, when a preliminary hearing date will be set.
Coleman was a passenger in a vehicle driven by former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Eric Davis when Coleman allegedly tossed a large firecracker into a crowd in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after a Mets-Dodgers game on July 24.
The explosion injured Amanda Santos, 2, who suffered second-degree burns to her cheek and damage to an eye and finger; Marshall Savoy, 11, who suffered a bruised leg; and Cindy Mayhew, 33, who was treated for an ear injury.
by CNB