Monica Pence Barlow RIP

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Paul Folk and Frobby each brought this up in another thread:

The Orioles gave Davis a full playoff share, according to Connolly:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-orioles-players-awarded-playoff-money-to-late-pr-directors-estate-and-favorite-charity-20141125-story.html

When the Orioles players met in September to vote on how they would divvy up whatever playoff money they would receive from the 2014 postseason, they made a point to remember late public relations director Monica Barlow.

In fact, they made two points.

Although the specific breakdown isn’t released to the public, one source who had direct knowledge of how the playoff shares were divided said the Orioles players chose two different ways to remember Barlow, who died in February at age 36 after a protracted battle with lung cancer. The players assigned one cash award to Barlow’s estate and made a separate donation to the LUNGevity Foundation, which provides lung cancer research, educational programs and support for lung cancer patients. Barlow was heavily involved with the charity.

Although the source would not reveal the exact amount of the two awards, they were characterized as “very significant donations.” Overall, the players voted to present 36 cash awards; typically most are given to support staff members who helped all season.

But the source said the players were in agreement that they wanted to use some of the money in a way that Barlow would appreciate. “It was an opportunity to do some good,

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-orioles-players-awarded-playoff-money-to-late-pr-directors-estate-and-favorite-charity-20141125-story.html

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Paul Folk and Frobby each brought this up in another thread:

There are some quality character guys in that lockerroom and it starts from Buck's leadership. Adam Jones is a huge part of that character as well. They get it without a doubt.

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Monica's husband started a tribute page

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Monica's husband started a tribute page

Very nice. I can't imagine losing the person you think you are going to spend the rest of your life with after only 5 1/2ish years of marriage. I really feel for Ben & wouldn't wish that on anyone. I think I would be a wreck for ages.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> are wearing orange <a href="https://twitter.com/LUNGevity">@LUNGevity</a> t-shirts today to honor Monica Pence Barlow. Left us exactly 1 year ago. Miss her every day</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Remembering Monica Pence Barlow one year after her passing - School of Roch: SARASOTA, Fla. - The date has be... <a href="http://t.co/bUdnuFDggT">http://t.co/bUdnuFDggT</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Can't believe it's already been a year. Rest in peace, Monica Barlow.</p>— Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) <a href="

">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Wieters on <a href="https://twitter.com/LUNGevity">@LUNGevity</a> shirts: "I'd like to wear them every day for Monica. We could change our jerseys to this shirt and I'd be fine with it</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Buck wearing the <a href="https://twitter.com/LUNGevity">@LUNGevity</a> shirt to honor Monica Pence Barlow <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> <a href="http://t.co/Io377CxjyN">pic.twitter.com/Io377CxjyN</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Today's workout

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Monica Barlow was born 38 years ago today.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Buck wearing the <a href="https://twitter.com/LUNGevity">@LUNGevity</a> shirt to honor Monica Pence Barlow <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> <a href="http://t.co/Io377CxjyN">pic.twitter.com/Io377CxjyN</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote>

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OOo (Seven Months Later)

Orioles to Host 5 K Walk Benefittimg Lungevity Foundation in Memory of Monica Pence Barlow

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/community/lungevity_walk.jsp?partnerId=as_bal_20150902_51848936&adbid=639098216479223808&adbpl=tw&adbpr=39389304

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http://www.pressboxonline.com/2014/02/28/orioles-pr-director-monica-barlow-exits-the-stadium

As a lot of you who read my work know, I was the host of a sports talk show in Baltimore. In fact, for a large portion of my 20-plus years on the radio as Stan "The Fan," baseball was my thing. I even had a business card that pronounced under my name that I was indeed a Professional Baseball Fan.

But by the time I turned 50 in 2001, life had thrown me a curveball, and that specific part of my working life was really finished, then later hatched anew with PressBox in 2006.

But, there were a couple of painful years in there for me, as I would show up at Camden Yards with no real calling card to be credentialed in the press box. That was done out of kindness and respect by then-Orioles public relations director Bill Stetka. I had moved back to Baltimore from North Carolina, and baseball and covering the Orioles were still a part of my DNA. Figuring out how to make a living out of it was another story.

Night in and night out, I would trudge to the park and muster what I could of myself, or what I remembered of myself, to go out and almost playact being the person I had been for that previous long chapter of my life.

One person in all that time never made me feel any less than a bona fide member of the coverage team. Here was Monica Pence at the time, and never once did she question what I was doing there or give me a suspicious look. Her quiet acts of kindness helped me heal over the loss of that important part of who I was, and helped me evolve into who I have become.

As PressBox started and grew during these past eight years, I never had to feel like I was acting the part of a legitimate coverage team. I could more squarely look her in the eye. And what I began to see out of this quiet girl was the growth of a woman who had enormous skills, which won her the respect of the likes of Mike Flanagan, Jim Beattie, Andy MacPhail, Jim Duquette, Dan Duquette and all the managers she's worked under -- most recently Buck Showalter, who I know is devastated by her loss.

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Mets PR Director Forde Dies of Breast Cancer

(By Anthony DiComo)

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/166266558/mets-shannon-forde-dies-of-breast-cancer

Monica Barlow with Shannon Forde:

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MAY 27th, 2016 O (CLEVELAND INDIANS STADIUM)

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Weams posted this in the All-Star game thread:

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Rosenthal's bow tie today is representing Lungevity.

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Ken Rosenthal's bow-tie today is representing Lungevity.