Oppenheim Stepping Aside After 50 Years of Coaching
The longtime CCBC-Dundalk baseball coach plans to spend more time with family and traveling.
It's getting close to the time when Elliott Oppenheim needs to be a free man, but not in the way that one might think. Oppenheim, who has coached baseball for nearly a half-century, was married for the third time last year to Susan Richardson, and will celebrate his one-year wedding anniversary on July 6 in Las Vegas. "I've got a daughter and two grandchildren who live in San Diego. One of her children is 2 years old, and one was just born two months ago. So our big thing is to go out to San Diego for a couple of weeks and enjoy that," said Oppenheim. "I've already been to Switzerland. I've been to Hawaii. So I need some free time," said Elliott. "Being almost 70 years old, and having put in almost 50 years into this business, it's time …
Buzz Beeler
7:45 pm on Friday, June 24, 2011
And to think that I had a long career. Maybe Cal isn't the only Iron-Man in the wide, wide world of sports. Now comes the real battle, what to do when you retire. I would think that Mr. Oppenheim has a good game plan. more ›