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Andy Etchebarren, Manager Former Baltimore Orioles World Champion Andy Etchebarren returns for his third full season as manager of the York Revolution, having guided the team to back-to-back Atlantic League Championships in 2010 and 2011. “Etch” took over the reins of the Revs on August 14, 2009. In his first full season as skipper, he took a last place team that finished 53-87 the season before, and built them into league champions in 2010.
Etchebarren, 68, has close ties with Orioles Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson, who began his pro career as a member of the York White Roses. The two were teammates for 13 years, including the 1966 and 1970 World Series championship teams. Etchebarren had a 15-year career in the major leagues and was twice selected an All-Star (1966 and 1967). He also has 11 seasons of experience as a minor league manager with the Orioles organization, managing at all levels from Rookie to Triple-A. He has managed the Bluefield Orioles (Rookie, Appalachian League), the Frederick Keys (Class A-Advanced, Carolina League), the Bowie Baysox (Double-A, Eastern League), the Rochester Red Wings (Triple-A, International League) and the Aberdeen Ironbirds (Short-Season A, New York-Penn League). Prior to becoming the Revs' skipper, Etchebarren served as bench coach and advisor to manager Butch Hobson with the Atlantic League's Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
Mark Mason, Pitching Coach Mark Mason returns for his third season as Revs pitching coach, and his 25th season as a coach at either the collegiate or professional level. He comes to York from Western Pennsylvania, where he was most recently the manager of the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League. Mason’s accomplishments in the Frontier League are numerous, having worked with three separate organizations on that circuit. His first stint in Washington began in 2002 as pitching coach, where he remained for three seasons. In 2005, he became manager of the Ohio Valley Red Coats, and was named Frontier League Manager of the Year in his lone season as skipper of the travel team. In 2006, Mason returned to Washington as pitching coach, before taking the managerial reins of the Chillicothe Paints, also of the Frontier League. He managed the Paints for two seasons before joining the Wild Things for a third stint, this time as manager. Mason’s pitching staffs led the Frontier League in wins in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
Before joining the pro game, Mason spent 16 seasons from 1987 through 2002 as the head baseball coach at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA. “Mase” pitched at Waynesburg (Pa.) College, which is now Waynesburg University.
Enohel Polanco, Bench Coach/Third Base Coach Atlantic League veteran Enohel Polanco returns to the Revs for his third season as a coach on manager Andy Etchebarren’s staff. Polanco made the transition from player to coach during the 2010 season, initially as the club’s first ever “player-coach”, holding both an active roster spot as an infielder as well as a spot on the coaching staff. Polanco played for Etchebarren when Etch was a coach at Southern Maryland in 2008 and 2009.
With Polanco, the Revolution have a respected veteran whose Atlantic League ties run deep. The 2012 season is his tenth in the league, and the Revolution is his sixth Atlantic League team. For his entire Atlantic League career, Polanco batted a combined .290 (299-for-1031) in 298 games, with 15 homers and 39 steals. Polanco began his pro career in 1995 in the Mets organization, and has also suited up in the Cubs, Indians, Marlins and Rockies farm systems, reaching Triple-A with Cleveland and Florida in 2000.
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