Gerald 'Jerry' Bark, 61, pitching coach, salesman.

From: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: August 9, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug. 9--Gerald Bark, a highly respected pitching coach who in his youth had perfected a devastating curveball on the playgrounds of Northwest Baltimore, died of cancer Saturday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Pikesville resident was 61. Mr. Bark, who was known as Jerry, was born in Baltimore and raised on Towanda Avenue, not far from the playground where he began playing baseball -- a game that was to become a central part of his life. "Jerry and I played Little League baseball together. He was short and skinny and was the only ...

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