Eric Milton joins Terps baseball staff

Maryland announced the addition today, via press release: Former MLB All-Star Eric Milton has joined the University of Maryland baseball team's coaching staff, head coach Erik Bakich announced Thursday. Milton, a left-handed pitcher who played at Maryland from 1994-96, was an American League All-Star for the Minnesota Twins in 2001 and won 89 games in his 11-year major-league career. A native of State College, Pa., he also pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers. A first-round pick of the New York Yankees in the 1996 amateur draft, Milton made his Major League debut at age 22 for the Twins. In his career, Milton started 270 games, pitched more than 1,500 innings and faced nearly 7,000 batters, giving him a wealth of experience at the highest level of baseball. "Eric is just a tremendous resource of baseball knowledge," said Bakich. "He loves the game, and for our players to have somebody who has be...