
Power outage: Troubles for Waynesboro Generals obvious
At the halfway point of the 2015 Valley League season, the Waynesboro Generals have three home runs. As a team. For emphasis: three.

At the halfway point of the 2015 Valley League season, the Waynesboro Generals have three home runs. As a team. For emphasis: three.

Last place is lonely, but it doesn’t quite define the depths for the 2015 Waynesboro Generals, who are still very much in striking distance in the Valley League with a lot of baseball still to be played this summer.

Waynesboro Generals coach D.J. King and players Joseph Estrada and Kevin Phillips were handed suspensions by the Valley League on Wednesday following ejections from Tuesday’s game with the Charlottesville Tom Sox.

Talk about a team in need of a moment. The Waynesboro Generals needed that ninth inning Tuesday night.

Kris Neil interviews Waynesboro Generals coach D.J. King and players Clayton Taylor and Imani Willis after Waynesboro’s 6-5 win over the Charlottesville Tom Sox on June 10.

UVA left fielder Kevin Doherty watched Maryland coach John Szefc give the signal to closer Kevin Mooney. Four. Mooney was to intentionally walk Joe McCarthy with two outs in the eight inning, runners on second and third, the Terps up one, to get to Doherty, who had gone 0-for-3 on the day against Maryland starter Mike Shawaryn, and had looked ugly on a pair of strikeouts.

The two-time defending Valley League champion Waynesboro Generals are preparing for their 93rd season of baseball in 2015.

VMI infielder Thomas Stallings was named a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week, according to information released by Collegiate Baseball Monday morning. Stallings was one of five players honored.

Mark Weidemaier talks with Matt Williams every day at 2 p.m. sharp. Pitchers and catchers don’t report for a couple more weeks, but the Washington Nationals aren’t a favorite to win the 2015 World Series because of lack of planning.

VPAS’s weekly Bingo operation that started on Oct. 3, 2013 at Waynesboro Senior Center has been discontinued.
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