Colaianni

Maryland Softball Commissioner Remembered for Service

Charles Joseph Colaianni, Maryland State Commissioner for the Amateur Softball Association of America, died of leukemia at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Chuck Murr, Cleveland-based sportswriter and Associated Press stringer, noted Colaianni’s labors on behalf of Baltimore youth. “He didn’t just help his family but he reached hundreds of thousands of kids throughout Baltimore and surrounding areas. He got them off the streets and gave them a ball and a uniform." - May 15, 2006