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Sal Colangelo shows his fiery passion for the game and for the team.

Sal Colangelo: The man, the myth, the legend.  Sal has been with Big Train since the inaugural 1999 season when the team was a part of the Clark Griffith League.  In 2005, Sal became the head Manager and has never looked back.  After a successful 2016 campaign that saw Big Train win the CRCBL South Division and it’s 5^th CRCBL championship, Colangelo was honored by the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches (MSABC) as the CRCBL Manager of the Year.  It was a much-deserved honor after a 28-12 regular season and a postseason championship.  Despite a shaky start to summer 2016 season due to injuries and late arrivals Sal added late recruits and convinced catchers, middle infielders, and corner infielders to play outfield for the first time in their careers, and coached them to play those positions well.  No ordinary manager can get through a third of the season with one “real” outfielder, but Sal made it work and turned it into a championship season.  Sal was previously awarded the Amateur Coach of the Year by the MSABC in 2011 after the Big Train was named the 2011 National Champions.