Earl Zimmerman | Climate and energy news roundup
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Local advocates are petitioning to bring passenger rail to Harrisonburg and the surrounding Shenandoah Valley in Virginia’s 2026 State Rail Plan.
Search Results for University of Mary Washington
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RCBL alum Bradley Hanner makes MLB debut with New York Yankees
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Bradley Hanner made his Major League debut for the New York Yankees over the weekend, pitching one inning of relief in Toronto against the Blue Jays.
JMU Baseball: Dukes welcome new pitching coach, Christian Bourne
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JMU announced in late July that Christian Bourne, a former pitcher for the Dukes, will be the new pitching coaching. Bourne has been on the coaching staff at Radford.
The Commonwealth of Virginia has long been fertile ground for MLB scouts
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We recently reported on Bill Buck, a long-time resident of Northern Virginia who covered the Mid-Atlantic region as a professional baseball scout for the Detroit Tigers before retiring in 2015.
Larry Haney, Cal Raleigh among the many MLB catchers with ties to Virginia
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This October will be the 60th anniversary of the first World Series title for the Baltimore Orioles – who have not been back to the Fall Classic, much less won it, since 1983.
Virginia baseball scout Bill Buck helped sign Billy Wagner, Justin Verlander
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It was the spring of 1993, and baseball scouts were flocking to Southwest Virginia to see Billy Wagner, a hard-throwing lefty pitcher for Ferrum College.
Greene County: Tom Dulaney Slonaker has had several SuperFun careers
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Long-time Ruckersville resident Tom Dulaney Slonaker has had a plethora of successful careers, including sports broadcaster, financial engineer, stockbroker, and as an insurance agent he had an office in Charlottesville.
MLB Draft roundup: Page County, JMU pitchers drafted by the Chicago Cubs
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It has been more than three years since Jimmy Jackson was the pitching coach for the JMU Baseball team.
Notable alums from the Barter Theater include Gregory Peck, Ned Beatty, Hume Cronyn
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The Barter Theater – which opened in 1933 under founder Robert Porterfield – remains the longest-running professional equity theater in the United States.
Cleveland outfielder makes Virginia baseball history, 100 years later
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The Cleveland Guardians outfield has been in flux of late, due in part to injuries – including one to former JMU star Chase DeLauter.
