Fall Classic: Virginia ties to the World Series champions over the years
The starting and winning pitcher in the first World Series game in 1903 – Deacon Phillippe – was a native of Rural Retreat in Southwest Virginia.
The starting and winning pitcher in the first World Series game in 1903 – Deacon Phillippe – was a native of Rural Retreat in Southwest Virginia.
Sean Ryan played baseball at the University of Richmond in the 1990s, and in his first year, his roommate was Mark Budzinski, now the first base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Outer Banks may get another round of dangerous weather as a tropical rainstorm is expected to bring wind and heavy precipitation.
With an increased demand for behavioral health services, providers gathered to strategize on ways to improve outcomes in Virginia.
Two tropical systems are developing that could impact the East Coast, including Virginia, early next week.
Weather experts are watching two tropical systems that may impact the East Coast, and parts of Virginia, over the weekend or early next week.
Virginia State Parks will celebrate National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands.
The Grants Committee of the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority has awarded $1,038,950 to the VDOE for education of students.
Virginia Tech fans expected a mass exodus of players on Tuesday, as the transfer portal window opened in the wake of the firing of head coach Brent Pry, but so far, good news.
An invasive pest is targeting boxwood shrubs, and it has now been detected for the first time in Virginia.
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