Dream Team: The all-time Rockingham County Baseball League All-Star team
Four former players in the Rockingham County Baseball League have appeared in a regular-season game in the Major Leagues this year.
Four former players in the Rockingham County Baseball League have appeared in a regular-season game in the Major Leagues this year.
Tony Britt Spotter Charts was founded by Rockingham County resident and North Carolina native Tony Britt.
Nelson Chittum played professional baseball from 1956-1964, pitching in two games with the Boston Red Sox in 1958, and in 27 games with the St. Louis Cardinals the next two seasons.
A solid season for ODAC Baseball came to an earlier-than-expected end over the weekend, with Lynchburg falling in Game 3 of its Super Regional to East Texas Baptist, and Randolph-Macon dropping two straight in its Super Regional to Rowan.
After two years on the baseball team at Charlottesville High School, Dom Cafferillo transferred to the Miller School. Not only did Cafferillo get to face better competition, but he was able to play for a coach that was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Hall of Famer Billy Wagner shares a few things in common with Harrisonburg native and former Spotswood High School star Daryl Irvine – both starred in college at Ferrum, both pitched in The Show and each spent time with the Boston Red Sox.
Jadon Burgess was effective and efficient as his Mary Washington basketball squad upset Trinity – ranked No. 1 in the country at the time in Division III – in the NCAA Tournament.
Once Justin Taylor decided to transfer from Syracuse, the next stop seemed logical for the former basketball standout from STAB.
It was a clear, quiet evening on a recent Saturday in Shenandoah County. The cloudless blue sky made Massanutten Mountain clearly visible to the east, with the sound of a few birds the only noise breaking the silence just off Route 11.
When he takes the podium later this month in Cooperstown, new Baseball Hall of Famer Billy Wagner will most likely mention a few Virginia towns in his acceptance speech.
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