Rich in Emotion
Cyclones skipper overwhelmed by damage wrought by "Sandy"
Anyone who has been around Rich Donnelly during his first two seasons as Cyclones manager knows the Ohio native is an affable sort, as quick with a quip as he is with the flash of a sign from the third-base coaches’ box at newly renovated MCU Park.
But sitting in the Brooklyn dugout Saturday evening prior to the Baby Bums’ initial workout of the 2013 campaign, the third-year skipper revealed a side of himself many of us who cover the team had never seen before.
“When that happened, I felt like it was my family,” said the 66-year-old baseball sage, wiping tears from his reddened eyes while recalling the impact of Hurricane Sandy on Coney Island late last October.