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Staff
Jeff Bittiger,
Player Development Consultant
Jeff is a current professional scout for the Oakland Athletics.
He had a four year major league career
with the Phillies, Twins and White Sox 1986-89.Compiled a 4-6
record and 4.77 ERA. Member of World Champion 1987
Minnesota Twins. Went 2-4 with 4.23 ERA including 8 starts for
1988 Chicago White Sox. Has 10 Championship rings to
his credit including two in both the International League and
Pacific Coast League. He is a former 7th round pick out
of Secaucus, NJ H.S. as a P/3B by the NY Mets. Played
professional baseball from 1980-2002 with Mets, Phillies, Twins,
White Sox, Dodgers, Indians, Royals and A's. During that time
won over 200 games and recorded over 2000 strikeouts.
Pitched 10 years at the AAA level where he won 100 games. Hit
HR in 2nd ML at bat and is a career .270 AAA hitter.
Named
NJ HS Baseball Player of the Decade 1970-1980. Went 14-0, 215 K's,
0.30 ERA in 107 IP SR year for State Champion
Secaucus High in 1980 & 27-6, 415 K's in 3 years. Hit .555 with 7
HR's in 1980 & had 115 hits and 16 HR's in 4 year HS career.
Named
Baseball America's Independent Player of the Decade of the 90's.
Pitched with Fargo-Moorhead from 1996-2002
including 12-1, 1.94 season in 1998 where Fargo was named team of
the decade winning championship with 70-21 record.
Timeline: 1980: NJ HS State Champs; 1981: Led Carolina League
in strikeouts; 1982: Texas League Pitcher of the Year;
1983:
Tidewater Tides AAA World series Champs; 1985: Tidewater
International LG Champs; 1986: MLB debut with Phillies;
1987:
Minnesota Twins World Champs; 1988: 61 IP with Chicago White Sox;
1989: Led PCL in ERA, Vancouver PCL Champs;
1990:
Led PCL in Wins, Albuquerque PCL Champs; 1996-2003- Northern
League Fargo Pitching Coach;
1996-current: Fargo Player Personnel consultant; Has
assisted during Fall and Winter at Seton Hall University;
Has run
many private throw and swing training sessions throughout off
seasons.
Dylan Dando,
Director of Baseball Operations
Dylan is currently
an Associate Scout with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has coached in
the Lehigh Valley for the last 10
years, at the college level with Northampton Community College
as an Assistant. He has coached at the American Legion
baseball level with Silver Creek. He has coached on the Amateur
baseball level as an Assistant with the Lehigh Township
Brewers in the Tri-County League from 2002 through 2004,
winning two championships. He was the Manager of the Silver
Creek Raiders in the Tri-County League in 2005. He is currently
the Manager of the Limeport Bulls in the Tri-County League.
Dylan has also run tryout camps for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He
played two years at Northampton CC and was a standout
pitcher there, as he also was in the Tri-County and Blue
Mountain Leagues. Dylan's Tri-Co Managerial record is 72-24 and
he has had several players go on to play pro ball.
Brad Fidler,
Player Development Consultant
Brad is currently a full-time scout for the Major League
Baseball Scouting Bureau and his coverage area includes
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia. He was
also a scout for the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles
Dodgers. He has served as an Assistant Coach in the Tri-County League for
Lehigh Township (2003-04), Silver Creek (2005)
and the Limeport Bulls. Brad played at Pfeiffer University for
two years.
Gerald (Jerry) Lewis
Director of Softball Operations
Jerry
started coaching girls' softball in 1993 and has been involved
with all aspects of the game at every age level. He has
coached various age groups in summer league/tournament/team
formats. He has been a coach at the middle school and
high school level. He has been specializing in pitching instruction of all ages, most recently as an assistant
with Ty Stoflett
at Freedom High School. Jerry has been coaching every age level in
the Bethlehem Stars organization since 2002. Jerry's
daughter Ashley is a senior and #1 pitcher at Eastern University.
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